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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Coalgate: Opposition targets govt, Left seeks JPC probe

Coalgate: Opposition targets govt, Left seeks JPC probe

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published Published on May 23, 2012   modified Modified on May 23, 2012
-The Times of India

Opposition parties on Tuesday sought to put the government on the mat over the Coalgate scam front-paged by TOI with Parliament adjourned till noon and Left demanding a joint parliamentary probe on the reported Rs 1.8 lakh crore benefit to private companies.

Opposition members stalled question hour in both Houses demanding a discussion on the CAG report. As soon as Rajya Sabha met for the day, Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP) said he had given a notice for suspension of question hour to take up discussion on the CAG report. Rudy was joined by other BJP members including Prakash Javadekar.

Minister of state for parliamentary affairs Rajiv Shukla said the CAG report was not yet tabled. "Where is the report? Report has not been tabled," he said.

Chairman Hamid Ansari said CAG reports were tabled and discussions were held only after that. "It can't be taken up in this manner. You cannot do this," he ruled before adjourning the House till noon. Similar scenes were played out in Lok Sabha with BJP's Ananth Kumar, CPI and CPM members protesting against the "numerous scams".'

Left members came to the well of the House forcing the lower House to be adjourned. The members, waving copies of TOI, raised slogans like 'three years of UPA, more than 30 scams', 'Down with the UPA government', 'Is this the way a democracy functions'.

When the LS met at noon, CPM's Bansa Gopal Chowdhury demanded a JPC probe. "Three years of the UPA government have seen scam after scam. Now we have yet another scam. CAG report (on coal scam) has not been placed in Parliament but estimates show that this scam is more than the 2G spectrum scam,'' he said.

Noting that coal mines were nationalized by then prime minister Indira Gandhi to the benefit of the country and its workers, he said, "Since 2004, coal blocks are being leased to private sector... Public sector Coal India Limited (CIL) is now being hijacked by private companies."

He said CIL, a Maharatna company, had the financial strength to exploit the entire coal reserves in the country and there was no reason to allow private sector entry.

Chowdhury claimed that private companies were taking over large chunks of land from farmers without paying any compensation to them. Of the 155 coal blocks given to the private sector, no work had begun in 124 of them, he claimed.

Alleging that national resources were being looted, the CPM member demanded a thorough probe into the "scam" by a JPC.

The Times of India, 23 May, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Coalgate-Opposition-targets-govt-Left-seeks-JPC-probe/articleshow/13402442.cms


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