Independent MP Vijay Mallya, facing bank loan default and money laundering charges, is set to be expelled as Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Tuesday rejected his resignation on procedural grounds and the ethics committee formally recommended his expulsion from the Upper House.
Rajya Sabha secretary general said Mallya’s resignation letter was not according to procedure and does not bear his signature in original. Mallya had on Monday sent in his resignation letter to the Rajya Sabha chairman in a bid to pre-empt his expulsion.
Notwithstanding his resignation, the ethics committee of the Rajya Sabha had earlier recommended his expulsion of The panel, headed by Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh, had made its initial recommendation to terminate Mallya's membership last week and given him a week’s time to reply.
Mallya is wanted by Indian banks for over Rs 9,000 crore of unpaid loans. In his resignation letter sent from london he said that he didn’t want his name and reputation to be “further dragged in the mud”.
Through one of his tweet on Tuesday morning, Mallya asserted that he was not a defaulter. “Agree Kingfisher Air owes money to Banks. I am neither a borrower or a judgement debtor. Why am I a defaulter inspite of a settlement offerIJ” Mallya tweeted whose passport has been revoked by Indian Government.
India has asked United Kingdom to deport Mallya, who flew in March end after his name cropped up as a multi-million defaulter. An arrest warrant is already out against him in a money laundering case.