Congress Party’s Praveen Chakravarty on allegations against SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch

#keeptalking Episode 27 Praveen Chakravarty

A series of allegations have been levelled against Madhabi Puri Buch, the Chairperson of India's stock markets regulator SEBI. The first set of charges were made by Hindenburg Research in August and there have been a slew in September by the Congress party. They question the conduct of the SEBI Chairperson and put the credibility and integrity of the regulator under a serious cloud. Anuradha SenGupta asks Praveen Chakravarty of the Congress party why they are making these allegations. Is it about politics or a serious breach of ethics?
Do leave your questions and feedback in the comments.

00:00 Promo
00:35 Title
00:42 Anuradha's introduction
02: 20 The issues at stake in the allegations against Madhabi Puri Buch?
04:40 Why is the exercise of ESOPs and other benefits from previous employment at ICICI Bank a problem?
06:30 The allegations made in August by Hindenburg Research?
09:39 The charges made by the Congress party in September?
12:02 Why are we making assumptions that SEBI Chairperson has not made disclosures, recused herself etc.?
13:17 Who needs to conduct an inquiry on the allegations?
14:20 Reaction to IIM-A classmates' letter defending MPB on the allegations?
17:50 Should private sector individuals not be inducted into the public sector and into the regulator?
19:37 Explain the allegations about firms owned by MPB and Dhaval Buch?
23:37 Does the SEBI Code need a relook?
25:25 What next? Impact of TMC MP Mahua Moitra's complaint to the Lok Pal?
29:30 Why the Congress wants a JPC inquiry?
30:00 Is this about an individual's personality and style?
32:37 What of SEBI's investigation of Hindenburg Research allegations against the Adani Group?
33:43 Unprecedented situation?
35:20 The End