Radia Tapes: (20090612_172752) Senthil, Radia

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Senthil Chengalvarayan - President and Editorial Director of TV18, - Tatacom SEBI

Radia is upset in this conversation with Senthil about a story being run on CNBC TV 18 about Tata Communications and shows her tendency to bully and threaten the media when it shows or writes anything against her clients.

http://indiasreport.com

(phone rings)

Senthil: Hi Niira
Radia: Senthil hi! Sorry to disturb you Senthil
Senthil: no.. no.. no.. not at all

Radia: I will sent you letter on… as well
Senthil: Ok
Radia: Let me see what I get as a response. I call them in a while
Senthil: Ok

Radia: Senthil… Siddharth (Zarabi, CNBC TV18 anchor) is continuing to run that story

Senthil: Ok let me.. because I … he says he is completely correct I .. I just wanted to… I just spoke to Udayan (Mukherjee, Managing Editor, CNBC TV18) as well

Senthil: No I… I.. we have written the letter .. just see the draft of the letter that gone to SEBI
Senthil: Pardon?

Radia: They have sent a letter. Tata communications is just about to close on the letter to SEBI
Senthil: ok….ok..ok..ok..

Radia: because the fact is I mean it is not true in fact I checked with Bharti also. Checking with the them why do you issue statements like that?
Senthil: ok

Radia: and the view is needs you know its just mindless we are just… our standard statement.

Radia: We just issue all statements like that you know. Which is the fact.
Senthil: ok
Radia: I just looked at all statements they are all like that

Senthil: see.. see..see Siddharth says that somebody (some name) confirmed but immediate check again once

Radia: no because.. you know… otherwise…because we have to also notify the Stock Exchange as well as SEBI so we are doing that now
Senthil: ok….ok..ok..ok..

Radia: We are letting.. we are letting SEBI know that there seems to be some you know mischief here
Senthil: ok….ok..ok..ok..

Radia: but its…its not true at all. I won't lie to you, you know otherwise it's not true. It is not a quarrel situation.

Senthil: no..no.. I .. I randomly.. let me just… just talk to… just tell him because the moment journalists says that I have got it own my own.

Senthil: So let me just…
Radia: Senthil if you want I can forward you the white paper that's in circulation.

Radia: It's one of those white papers again.
Senthil: Ok..
Radia: It came to me from ET (Economic Times) yesterday

Senthil: Ok..ok..
Radia: It is the same thing that started with ETs and my reaction against Rahul Joshi was..

Radia: Rahul why don't you just carry it on front page and then I will leave to Tata's to decide what they want to do with ET…

Radia: He pulled of the story altogether because he realized it was a white paper it came to me.
Senthil: ok

Radia: And now its gone to CNBC after it didn't succeed in ET
Senthil: ok
Radia: and I think your guys are just falling for this
(Call ends abruptly)

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