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 of the Business it acquired specifically
 the dues of the operational creditors   Will Kanhaiya be effective
 including the C & F Agents.
 Allegedly in its adventure to make
 big fortunes, Torrent ignored and de-
 nied various requests of Elder Pharma   in the mainstream?
 to pay off the C & F Agents from the
 money lying in the ESCROW Account
 maintained by both companies post ex-
 ecution of BTA. Torrent out rightly de-  Can Kanhaiya Kumar influence the rigidly structured politics in the country where parties
 fied the terms of the Escrow Agreement
 between the two companies which   hardly allow new idioms or new people to take centre-stage? ANIL SINHA reports
 provided that pursuant to an order of
 the Court if any unsecured creditors
 amount is required to be paid both Tor-
 rent Pharmaceuticals and Elder Phar-
 maceuticals were obligated to jointly

 Torrent allegedly
 made false
 representations
 before the
 Competition panel
 and misguided it
 to pass an order
 approving the
 Business Transfer
 The C & F agents believe that they
 have only discovered tip of the ice berg
 instruct the Escrow Agent to release the   Tehelka supplied to Torrent   and their lies a mountain ofF fraud
 said amounts to the unsecured creditor.   Pharmaceuticals, a scanned copy   perpetrated by both the companies to
 That in the case of C & F agents, the High   of the letter dated December 13,   cheat numerous similarly placed in-
 Court had passed an explicit order for   2013 which was an integral part   dividuals, firms and companies who
 furnishing the bank guarantee, which   of BTA and signed by both Torrent   were the creditors of Elder pursuant to
 order ought to have been complied by   and Elder as asked by Torrent.    and during the transfer of the business
 Torrent. However, having succeeded in   Torrent replied as follows:  of Elder to Torrent. The C & F agents
 keeping the terms of the BTA and other   believe that the matter requires thor-
 ancillary agreements under wrap, Tor-  Dear Mr Charanjit Ahuja,  ough investigation by a specialised   • Polls apart   NU student leader and Azadi  increased in the past few months.  country where parties hardly allow
 rent evaded the said obligation too.       agency like CBI, SFIO or EOW to un-  Kanhaiya   guy Kanhaiya Kumar is all   Obviously, news of his contest-  new idioms or new people to take
 After discovery of the BTA it was fur-  We are aware of this letter.   earth the modus operandi and the   Kumar will   set to enter parliamentary   ing elections has generated curi-  centre-stage?
 ther learnt by the C & F agents that Tor-  However, the same was subject   magnitude of fraud relating to the so-  contest 2019   politics. He will contest 2019   osity and enthusiasm, particularly   For many years now, people in
 rent furnished a forged and fabricated   to certain obligations on the part   called business transfer of one com-  elections from   J elections  from  Begusarai    among youth across the country   India have been sceptical about
 copy of the Novation Deed before the   of the seller, details of which we   pany to the other.  The C & F also raise a   Begusarai in              in Bihar. The constituency is   for he has come to occupy a special   political class as a whole and they
 Competition Commission, which nova-  have provided in response to your   question of public importance “could a   Bihar  presently represented by the BJP.    position among the young leaders   view new everyone, old or new
 tion deed is materially different from   question number 2.  business of a company be allowed to be   The former JNUSU president be-  of the country. Does his entry into   with suspicion. So, it is but natural
 the one which was circulated amongst      transferred without securing its liabil-  longs to the small backward village   parliamentary politics mean some-  that people are questioning and dis-
 the C & F Agents. It is believed that in or-   Regards  ity and ensuring that its liabilities to its   of the constituency. He is reported   thing more? Will Kanhaiya be able   missing any high expectation from
 der to secure a favourable Order from      creditors are first met in totality?”  to be extensively touring the area   to infuse any freshness to an oth-  Kanhaiya. Could we find some hope
 the Competition Commission of India,   Jayesh Desai  since over a year. People of the area  erwise dull political atmosphere of   in him? A close look at his activities
 such illegality was played by Torrent.   LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM  say that he has been a regular visi-  the country? Can he influence the   certainly gives us some hope that
                 tor, but the frequency of his visit has  rigidly structured politics in the   he would be able to prove himself a

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