-The Hindu “I seek the indulgence of the House… 3. …I want to assure Hon’ble Members that as the Minister in charge [for a part of the time covered by the report], I take full responsibility for the decisions of the Ministry. I wish to say that any allegations of impropriety are without basis and unsupported by the facts. 10. The observations of the CAG are clearly disputable. 11. The policy of allocation of...
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Defending the indefensible -Arun Jaitley
-The Hindu The parliamentary stalemate continues on one of the greatest corruption scandals in Indian history. Allocation of natural resources has been a subject matter of public debate in the last two decades, particularly with the entry of the private sector in infrastructure development. Minerals are an important natural resource. The private sector has a great role to play in development of mineral-based industries. However, the policy of allocation of these...
More »PC clarifies on cartoon in FC by KR Sudhaman
-The Financial Chronicle Finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said neither he nor his colleagues talked about “zero loss” in connection with the CAG report, as inferred in a cartoon in the August 27 edition of Financial Chronicle, and in a report in another daily. The FC cartoon showed him holding a paper that said “zero loss theory”. Chidambaram said the statement is being issued to set the “record straight”, and clarified that...
More »CAG report flawed, disputable: PM -Vinay Kumar
-The Hindu "Charges of impropriety are unsupported by facts" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday attacked the Comptroller and Auditor-General’s report on the coal blocks allocation during 2004-09, saying any allegation of impropriety was without basis and unsupported by facts. As Parliament has been paralysed during the past week with an unrelenting and combative Bharatiya Janata Party disrupting proceedings in both Houses and demanding his resignation, Dr. Singh chose to make a statement...
More »Political expedience should not override norms of democracy
-The Economic Times The disruption of Parliament over coal raises four issues. The first is the BJP not allowing a debate to take place on the so-called coal scam. The second is the machinations in coal and the Comptroller and Auditor General's estimate of loss and gain. The third is the CAG suggesting that the government should have overridden the objections of state governments to the Centre's proposal to hold auctions for...
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