<h1>Allegation of government complicity after fugitive claims he informed the finance minister before leaving, opposition brands it surrender.</h1> Congress circulated a podcast clip in which Vijay Mallya said he informed then finance minister Arun Jaitley before leaving India in 2016, arguing this shows government complicity in his departure; party leaders characterized the incident as evidence of systemic surrender and recast their economic critique as 'pakoda economics' becoming 'bhagoda economics,' while noting Mallya's extradition pursuit and bank default as the contextual basis for the criticism.