Sanjay Nirupam

Instead of responding to the Rs 1,000-crore defamation suit filed by the Reliance Group against him last week, Mumbai Congress Committee president Sanjay Nirupam has chosen to write a letter to the company's owner, Anil Ambani. Nirupam said the Ambani-Adani deal will affect 30 lakh suburban consumers, and sought further clarity on it from Ambani. "I am choosing to write to you well past the 72-hour deadline that was mentioned in your company's notice sent to me," said the leader yesterday in a letter, a copy of which was shared with the media.