Shankkar Aiyar-20090522-104036  |
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Male voice thought to be Shankar Iyer; Female voice thought to be Niira Radia.
The recording is clear at Radia’s end. The Shankar Iyer end has more ambient noise – the hum of people.
Phone rings – standard “tring tring” ring tone.
Male Voice – thought to be Shankar Iyer,
Hello.
Female Voice – thought to be Niira Radia
Haan,You met him ?
Male Voice
Haan, I met him. So woh keh raha hai ki aisa kuch hone wala hai nahin. As far as he understands.
(pause) they keep some portfolios (pause) with the PM
Female Voice
They have kept IT, Labour and …. And .. this one. IT, Telecom, Labour and Chemicals & Fertilizers
Male Voice
Haan, Chemicals & Fertilizers
(pause 2 seconds) maybe steel also, they will keep themselves
Female Voice
Steel. No . No. They have not kept steel.
Male Voice
Ok…ok…(then something inaudible, possibly to someone else in the same space)
Female Voice
According to my congress source Steel is not there. Chemical Fertilizer, IT, Telecom, and … and labour.
Male Voice
Labour – ok, ok, ok… chalo theek hai …. (almost as though to hang up)
Female Voice (interjecting)
No, the thing I want to ask you is he in the house or where is he
Male Voice
No, he is in the house only
Female Voice
How come Balu left ?
(back ground noise in the male’s room increases. Other voices, male)
(word muffled)……hinted I didn’t want to give him infrastructure
Female Voice
The PM Said
Male Voice
(still noises in the BG)
The minister hasn’t told me, someone else told me.
Female Voice
What?
Male Voice
(still noise and conversation in the background
They actually, some people here only told me, they okayed the names of the ministers (sound of incoming SMS) – jaise telecom, velecom, IT, and then they said to Maran and T.R.Balu no for infrastructure portfolio.
Female Voice
So, Chemical Fertilizer is so important.
Male Voice
But it is not infrastructure development, na…. (pause) infrastructure ke andhar its like – which depends on development further … chemical fertilizer industry which had issues – private sector and all these things. So it doesn’t have too much of a difference. They don’t want to give that. Baalu took it … ‘how can they do this to me’ …
Female voice
Hmmmm
Male voice
That’s why they are keeping labour
Female voice
Hmmmm
Male voice
(laughs)
Female voice
Hmmm … so they are giving belabour to him?
Male
He was not keen on Maran on..
Female voice
Who was not keen on Maran ?
Male Voice
PM..
Female voice
PM na. I know that. Media is unnecessarily creating non sense.
Male Voice & female voice start speaking simultaneously
Female voice
The problem is, but the problem is that the Congress is not communicating this to DMK directly. They need to communicate this.
Male Voice
They have communicated. Yesterday night.
Female Voice
They have communicated ?
Male Voice
They have communicated yesterday.
Female Voice
Saying what ?
Male Voice
Saying that (unclear word) … is ok and … and…
Female voice prompts
And ….
Male voice
(noise still in background)
And telecom is ok. Hmmm. Ha… But we cannot give more, other infrastructure because we don’t want to give it to Balu and Maran
Female voice
Haan Haan
Male voice
Still lots of noise in the background
There is a deadlock situation on.
Female voice
No. Now the question is that they have to say no to Maran and Balu, right ? and give Azagiri, Kanni & Raja
Male voice
They don’t want to give them heavy trust … a new face
Female voice
Who. Congress ?
Male
Congress.
Female Voice
No. no. they are giving Azagiri Cabinet, they said it is left up to the Leader to decide that.
Male Voice
No, but they are only giving 3 na. in that case
Female Voice
Haan. To maran ko drop karma padega, na
Male Voice
Wahi problem hai na saare ke saare. Maran seems to have been offered MoS also.
Female Voice
MoS toh di, par usne mana kar diya.
Male Voice
Haan. Let us see
(pause 2 seconds)
Male Voice
Tabhi toh I couldn’t speak to boss in detail. Because so many people were inside.
(unclear word) , Family and all these things – who ever is camping.
______ had gone in, kehta hai ki bad me kuch sulah ke baat karta hoon
Female Voice
Hmmm …
Male Voice
Theek hai…
Once i get some more …
Female voice
Kanni told me that the Congress has not told us clearly. Not spelt out what they want. What they are telling us, they are telling through the media. They should meet my father and tell him directly.
So it is contrary to what your minister is saying.
Male voice
Ok … I got this , yesterday late evening
Female Voice
No she told me just now…
Male voice (overlapping conversation)
To theek hai, mein pata karvata hoon….
Female voice
Haan, because I just relayed that message to Congress
Male Voice
Haan. Haan.
Female voice
If they don’t want Maran … recording ends abruptly.
heavy trust = cabinet berths
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