Oct 22, 2008

RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s corporate communication team in Delhi is all shook up. During his last visit to the capital, the boss was hounded relentlessly by the media, apparently owing to his schedule being leaked. And now, his Delhi team will face the music. Former IRS officer (UP cadre) Sandeep Tandon has put the blame squarely on the door of V Balasubramanium’s office. For his part, ‘Balu’ blames Shankar Adawal’s team. While telling both men to take it easy and cut the flab in their teams, Mukesh has decided to rope Nira Radia’s new venture NeoCom- for a hefty annual fee of Rs 24 crore-to get the job done. There’s also talk of equity in NeoCom being picked up by Manoj Modi and Parimal Nathwani, close associates of Mukesh. Nathwani will also lobby in Parliament for RIL along with N K Singh. Meanwhile, the suave and soft-spoken former IAS officer (MP cadre) Najeeb Jung is being recalled from London to handle bureaucratic lobbying in Delhi for group. Jung was sent to London after RIL’s unsuccessful attempt to install him CMD of ONGC.

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