Coal Politics

Coal is fuel for rest of world , but in India its politics.

Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh held responsible for allocatingcoal blocks,CAG held PM office responsible for this.BJP interepted parliament demanding PM’s resignation.

Demanding the Prime Minister’s resignation on grounds of moral responsibility and constitutional accountability, BJP defended its strategy of obstructing Parliament.

 “I have absolutely no hesitation that if there has been a malafide allocation of coal where the State Government may have made a recommendation, please go ahead and make an inquiry,” BJP leader Yashwant Sinha told Karan Thapar in Devil’s Advocate programme on CNN-IBN.

He said that it is the duty of the State Governments to make recommendations on allocation of coal blocks, but it was the responsibility of the Congress-led government at the Centre that had to take a final decision on the coal block bidding issue, which it held back for eight years.

“It was the responsibility of the Government of India, which had asked for the comments of the State Governments, to take their comments into consideration. Take their concerns on board and take a decision,” he said.

Yashwant Sinha reiterated that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was the Coal Minister at the time such coal block allocations were made, should take the moral responsibility and resign.