BUSINESS

Ambani meets Karat

By A Special Correspondent in New Delhi
February 09, 2009 10:31 IST
In perhaps their first encounter, India's richest man met the champion of the country's working classes in New Delhi on Sunday.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat are understood to have discussed the economic slowdown, the political situation and the CPI-M's position as a general election approaches.

Karat -- who appeared on Karan Thapar's television talk show on Sunday night for the first time in two years --

explained his party's stand on future government formation to Ambani.

The CPI-M, he is believed to have said, would look for a secular government after the Lok Sabha election.

Ambani is reported to have met with some top businessmen before he sought an appointment with Karat. After his meeting with the CPI-M boss, the Reliance chairman met with two senior Congress leaders.

A Special Correspondent in New Delhi

NEXT ARTICLE

NewsBusinessMoviesSportsCricketGet AheadDiscussionLabsMyPageVideosCompany Email