Businessman Harsh Goenka said fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya's "₹9,000+ crore dues are now reportedly settled". "If dues remain…banks should clearly say so. If not, why is he still a political punching bag?" Goenka said in an X post. "Finance Ministry confirmed in writing…banks have recovered ₹14,100 crores from me against…DRT judgement debt of ₹6,203 crores," Mallya responded to Harsh's post.