Moments after the Congress Working Committee announced the bifurcation of a separate Telangana state, Reliance industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani has made a similar demand, that his residence Antilla, dubbed as the world’s most expensive residence, be granted statehood.

Speaking to The UnReal Times business correspondent Dharubhai Manghnani the tycoon said, “Why not? Antilla is like a state in itself. Each floor is like a district and each room on a floor is like a city. It is only right that this be made a separate state, so that it makes it easier for me to ..err..the government to govern it. Mumbai can be the joint capital of Maharashtra and Antilla, until I decide which floor of Antilla to adjudge as the capital of the state.”

“The Mumbai Indians team name can stay intact as long as Mumbai is the capital of Antilla. Once I make my decision on the capital, the team name will have to be changed, of course” Ambani hastened to add.

The UPA government has reacted positively to the demand, saying that it will be fulfilled ASAP. “It is widely believed that Antilla, not Delhi, is India’s real seat of power. So the least we can do is grant it statehood replete with its own assembly, dummy Prime Minister and even a Pappu,” said Finance Minister Chidambaram. “With a state like Antilla, no one can claim anymore that Gujarat is India’s most prosperous state,” added Mani Shankar Aiyar. “That honour will belong to Antilla which will also be India’s most secular state.”