New Delhi, Thursday 20 November 2008: The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani will meet industrialists on Thursday to find out how bad the current economic crisis is, and ways to mitigate its impact.

Industry titans Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Rahul Bajaj, Shashi Ruia, Baba Kalyani, Nusli Wadia, Jaiprakash Gaur and heads of three leading industry chambers K V Kamath, Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Sajjan Jindal will share their understanding of the crisis with Advani at his residence.

When contacted, former finance minister Yashwant Sinha had earlier said that the meeting shows that BJP was not just picking on government policies but was also keen on making constructive suggestions.

“The global economic crisis in September has only multiplied India’s problems. Advaniji as leader of the Opposition is meeting captains of trade to understand how they looked at the situation and later make suggestions to the government,” Sinha said.