Business Standard

Subramanian Swamy alleges differential treatment by market regulator Sebi

Seeks the Sebi chair's intervention and probe in specific cases of violations

Subramaniam Swamy
Premium

Subramanian Swamy

Khushboo Tiwari Mumbai
Politician and economist Subramanian Swamy has alleged inconsistency in implementing minimum public shareholding (MPS) norms and differential treatment to promoters of certain businesses by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). 

In a letter to the current Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, Swamy has sought her intervention to probe certain cases of violations of securities laws including MPS and disclosures of promoter shareholding.

In a tweet on Thursday evening, Swamy shared a screenshot of his letter to the markets regulator.

Swamy, in the letter dated December 5, alleged that the capital markets regulator took no action against certain companies

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in