On October 17, 2018, Bishop Franco Mulakkal was welcomed like a hero at Jalandhar after he was granted conditional bail by the Kerala High Court. The rape accused Bishop was showered with rose petals and also garlanded by his supporters as he reached the Bishop House around 5 pm.
Congress had similarly snubbed Aam Aadmi Party ahead of 2019 general elections after Kejriwal had tried to woo the grand old party to forge an alliance.
Mallya family trust owned Rose Capital Ventures, which is based out of British Virgin Islands, mortgaged his London property in 2012 to UBS for a 5 year loan of 20.4 million pounds. In 2017, the loan had expired and Mallya was not able to pay the outstanding dues on it.
In 2018, when Akhilesh Yadav vacated his government accommodation, he allegedly also took away the taps (tonti) from bathroom along with other fittings like tiles, air conditioning and also vandalising the property.