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class="full-image-view"><div class="show-image" style="display:block"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][The Ruia family controls the vast Essar corporation: from left, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Prashant Ruia.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> MADHU KAPPARATH AND SANJAY PANDYA / india today images</a>]" title="The Ruia family controls the vast Essar corporation: from left, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Prashant Ruia." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_01.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_01.jpg" alt="" title="" width="607" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">MADHU KAPPARATH AND SANJAY PANDYA / india today images</div><div class="f-caption">The Ruia family controls the vast Essar corporation: from left, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Prashant Ruia.</div></div><div class="show-image-10720" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][The Ruia family controls the vast Essar corporation: from left, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Prashant Ruia.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> MADHU KAPPARATH AND SANJAY PANDYA / india today images</a>]" title="The Ruia family controls the vast Essar corporation: from left, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Prashant Ruia." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_01.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_01.jpg" alt="" title="" width="607" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">MADHU KAPPARATH AND SANJAY PANDYA / india today images</div><div class="f-caption">The Ruia family controls the vast Essar corporation: from left, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Prashant Ruia.</div></div><div class="show-image-10722" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][In January 2014, Greenpeace India workers and volunteers covered the facade of Essar House in Mumbai with a banner that criticised the group, as well as the UPA administration, for their plans to mine for coal under the ancient Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> HINDUSTAN TIMES</a>]" title="In January 2014, Greenpeace India workers and volunteers covered the facade of Essar House in Mumbai with a banner that criticised the group, as well as the UPA administration, for their plans to mine for coal under the ancient Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_02.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_02.jpg" alt="" title="" width="677" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">HINDUSTAN TIMES</div><div class="f-caption">In January 2014, Greenpeace India workers and volunteers covered the facade of Essar House in Mumbai with a banner that criticised the group, as well as the UPA administration, for their plans to mine for coal under the ancient Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh.</div></div><div class="show-image-10723" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][Narendra Modi, pictured here in 1998, allegedly organised funds from Essar for elections in Madhya Pradesh that year.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> RAJASHEKAR HK / THE INDIA TODAY GROUP / GETTY IMAGES</a>]" title="Narendra Modi, pictured here in 1998, allegedly organised funds from Essar for elections in Madhya Pradesh that year." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_03.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_03.jpg" alt="" title="" width="291" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">RAJASHEKAR HK / THE INDIA TODAY GROUP / GETTY IMAGES</div><div class="f-caption">Narendra Modi, pictured here in 1998, allegedly organised funds from Essar for elections in Madhya Pradesh that year.</div></div><div class="show-image-10724" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][Amiliya village in Madhya Pradesh is perched on the edge of the Mahan forest. Essar’s activity here was at a standstill when I visited.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> vivek M / GREENPEACE</a>]" title="Amiliya village in Madhya Pradesh is perched on the edge of the Mahan forest. Essar’s activity here was at a standstill when I visited." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_photo-by-vivek-m_greenpeace_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_04.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_photo-by-vivek-m_greenpeace_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_04.jpg" alt="" title="" width="652" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">vivek M / GREENPEACE</div><div class="f-caption">Amiliya village in Madhya Pradesh is perched on the edge of the Mahan forest. Essar’s activity here was at a standstill when I visited.</div></div><div class="show-image-10725" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][This undated photo of Sunil Bajaj, an Essar director, with Pranab Mukherjee, now the president of India, was discovered in the whistle-blower’s documents.These leaked emails indicate that Mukherjee’s office asked Essar to provide jobs to three people.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> </a>]" title="This undated photo of Sunil Bajaj, an Essar director, with Pranab Mukherjee, now the president of India, was discovered in the whistle-blower’s documents.These leaked emails indicate that Mukherjee’s office asked Essar to provide jobs to three people." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_05.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_05.jpg" alt="" title="" width="652" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit"></div><div class="f-caption">This undated photo of Sunil Bajaj, an Essar director, with Pranab Mukherjee, now the president of India, was discovered in the whistle-blower’s documents.These leaked emails indicate that Mukherjee’s office asked Essar to provide jobs to three people.</div></div><div class="show-image-10726" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][Essar’s Bailadila plant manufactures steel pellets that are shipped to its port and steel plant in Hazira, Gujarat.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> ESSAR</a>]" title="Essar’s Bailadila plant manufactures steel pellets that are shipped to its port and steel plant in Hazira, Gujarat." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_06.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_06.jpg" alt="" title="" width="680" height="388" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">ESSAR</div><div class="f-caption">Essar’s Bailadila plant manufactures steel pellets that are shipped to its port and steel plant in Hazira, Gujarat.</div></div><div class="show-image-10727" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][The chartered accountant and RSS associate S Gurumurthy at a gathering with the BJP leaders LK Advani and Nitin Gadkari in 2012.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> SONU MEHTA / HINDUSTAN TIMES / GETTY IMAGES</a>]" title="The chartered accountant and RSS associate S Gurumurthy at a gathering with the BJP leaders LK Advani and Nitin Gadkari in 2012." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_07.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_07.jpg" alt="" title="" width="628" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">SONU MEHTA / HINDUSTAN TIMES / GETTY IMAGES</div><div class="f-caption">The chartered accountant and RSS associate S Gurumurthy at a gathering with the BJP leaders LK Advani and Nitin Gadkari in 2012.</div></div><div class="show-image-10728" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][The UPA’s minister for petroleum, Veerappa Moily, seated centre, became the unwitting audience for a Greenpeace protest in 2014.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> Sudhanshu Malhotra / Grenpeace</a>]" title="The UPA’s minister for petroleum, Veerappa Moily, seated centre, became the unwitting audience for a Greenpeace protest in 2014." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_08.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_08.jpg" alt="" title="" width="652" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">Sudhanshu Malhotra / Grenpeace</div><div class="f-caption">The UPA’s minister for petroleum, Veerappa Moily, seated centre, became the unwitting audience for a Greenpeace protest in 2014.</div></div><div class="show-image-10729" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][I was told that Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries, was the “trendsetter” in “environment management,” and the Ruias an inferior “carbon copy” of him.<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> Robert Nickelsberg / The LIFE Images Colection / Getty Images</a>]" title="I was told that Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries, was the “trendsetter” in “environment management,” and the Ruias an inferior “carbon copy” of him." href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_09.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_09.jpg" alt="" title="" width="462" height="435" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">Robert Nickelsberg / The LIFE Images Colection / Getty Images</div><div class="f-caption">I was told that Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries, was the “trendsetter” in “environment management,” and the Ruias an inferior “carbon copy” of him.</div></div><div class="show-image-10730" style="display:none"><div class="f-image"><a rel="lightbox[lightbox_full_image][<br /><br /><a class=&quot;lb-credit&quot;> ESSAR</a>]" title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/lightbox_full_image/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_10.jpg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/story_carousel/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_10.jpg" alt="" title="" width="680" height="203" class="imagecache imagecache-story_carousel"/></a></div><div class="f-credit">ESSAR</div><div class="f-caption"></div></div></div><div class="thumb-image-view thumbnail-list"><a href="javascript:loadmain(10720)"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleria_image_thumbnail/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_01.jpg" alt="" title="" width="65" height="44" class="imagecache imagecache-galleria_image_thumbnail"/></a><a href="javascript:loadmain(10722)"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809034637im_/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/imagecache/galleria_image_thumbnail/doing-the-needful_the-caravan-magazine_august-2015_02.jpg" alt="" title="" width="65" height="44" class="imagecache imagecache-galleria_image_thumbnail"/></a><a href="javascript:loadmain(10723)"><img 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