Manmohan not interfering in Ambani feud: PMO

On the controversy regarding meeting with Mukesh, Baru said that, 8220;PM meets corporate leaders all the time to discuss national economic issues as any leader of modern economy would.8221; The meeting became the cynosure of the media and political circles in the face of suggestions from UPA8217;s new ally Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh asking the Prime Minister to intervene to bring about a rapprochement between the two brothers.

While terming as 8220;disgusting8221; the RIL8217;s opposition to Anil Ambani group firm RCOM8217;s potential deal with South African telecom giant MTN, Amar Singh had apparently wanted PM8217;s intervention to remove the perceived obstacles.

The SP leader had also targeted RIL, demanding windfall profit tax on private oil companies and said that he would expect Prime Minister to take the issues raised by him as seriously as much as the support for the nuclear deal.