Government has nothing to hide on coal blocks: Narayanasamy

17 Oct 2013 Evaluate

Minister of State, V Narayanasamy said, that government had nothing to hide, and decisions on coal block allocations were taken on the basis of recommendations of state governments. Narayanasamy said, that stand of the government has been that allocations were made to public sector undertakings and some private companies on the recommendations of state governments where coal blocks were available.

Narayanasamy did not comment on remarks of former coal secretary P.C. Parakh on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being the one who decided on the allocation of two Odisha coal blocks in 2005, over which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a First Information Report (FIR) on Tuesday as it was sub judice.

The CBI filed an FIR against Parakh and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla for alleged irregularities and criminal conspiracy in the allocation of the two blocks. Parakh said he did not know why the CBI thought Birla and he were in a conspiracy, when the person who took the decision was not part of it and added that if a conspiracy is there, everyone is part of the conspiracy. If we are accused, the PM is as much a part of the conspiracy.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the prime minister should take 'final responsibility' for irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks, and resign.

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