Gadkari to sue Digvijaya Singh on coal-gate allegations

14 Sep 2012 Evaluate

On the allegation that Congress leader Digvijaya Singh had described Ajay Sancheti, an entrepreneur from Nagpur, as Mr. Gadkari's business partner followed by blaming that Mr. Sancheti’s has made a favorable deal for a coal mine in Madhya Pradesh, with his close links to Mr. Gadkari, the BJP president Nitin Gadkari is likely to sue Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for defamation.

However, both the Bharatiya Janata Party and Mr Sancheti have denied the charges.The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has claimed that UPA government and the BJP have been trading charges over a coal policy that allegedly helped private players get windfall benefits of about Rs. 1.86 lakh crores.It also pointed out that BJP used CAG report to accuse the government of crony capitalism by giving coal fields at a fraction of their market value to businessmen who were close to the Congress.

Earlier on Thursday, a government committee had cancelled coal permits for four blocks, where two were assigned by the NDA and the review committee asked the bank guarantees for three other coal blocks, to be encashed as penalty for firms who were under-achievers.

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