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CPM demands probe
On the day when Prime Minster Manmohan Singh broke his silence and defended the indefensible business of coal block allocation to private companies inside the Parliament, the Communist Party of India (M) gave him a breather. Just not to be seen itself along with the BJP and other parties demanding resignation from the Prime Minister, the party said on Monday that it want no more than a probe at this crucial juncture.
Addressing media, CPI (M) general secretary and MP Prakash Karat said that nothing would be achieved by the resignation. “The Prime Minister clarified in the Parliament and it seems that neither he nor the UPA Government have owned any responsibility of the corruption that has taken place. PM rejected the CAG report and defended the decision of allotments done,” Karat said.
He said that by making the CAG report a prima facie evidence, a thorough investigation should be launched.
“We want to know who is responsible for the method adopted for distributing the coal blocks. All those responsible for the mess should come into light. We have not yet decided about the probe agency,” he said.
Karat said that though the report calculated a huge loss of Rs 1.86 thousand crore, however, it did not point out the culprits. Blaming the policy of allocation of precious natural resources like spectrum, gas, land, coal etc or toeing auction route, the CPM leader advocated for complete public control over the resources.
“Both the UPA and the NDA tried to amend the nationalisation done in 1973 just for ensuring undue benefits to private companies in the form of captive blocks. Our party thinks that coal requirement should be met by Coal India and its subsidiaries only.”
On the day when Prime Minster Manmohan Singh broke his silence and defended the indefensible business of coal block allocation to private companies inside the Parliament, the Communist Party of India (M) gave him a breather. Just not to be seen itself along with the BJP and other parties demanding resignation from the Prime Minister, the party said on Monday that it want no more than a probe at this crucial juncture.
Addressing media, CPI (M) general secretary and MP Prakash Karat said that nothing would be achieved by the resignation. “The Prime Minister clarified in the Parliament and it seems that neither he nor the UPA Government have owned any responsibility of the corruption that has taken place. PM rejected the CAG report and defended the decision of allotments done,” Karat said.
He said that by making the CAG report a prima facie evidence, a thorough investigation should be launched.
“We want to know who is responsible for the method adopted for distributing the coal blocks. All those responsible for the mess should come into light. We have not yet decided about the probe agency,” he said.
Karat said that though the report calculated a huge loss of Rs 1.86 thousand crore, however, it did not point out the culprits. Blaming the policy of allocation of precious natural resources like spectrum, gas, land, coal etc or toeing auction route, the CPM leader advocated for complete public control over the resources.
“Both the UPA and the NDA tried to amend the nationalisation done in 1973 just for ensuring undue benefits to private companies in the form of captive blocks. Our party thinks that coal requirement should be met by Coal India and its subsidiaries only.”
