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Friday, August 17, 2012

Oppn Wants Singh to go After CAG Revelations


PM is politically, morally and directly liable in allocation of coal blocks: BJP


    The Opposition on Friday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation after the Comptroller and Auditor General said that irregularities in allocation of coal blocks had cost the exchequer a potential revenue loss of about . 1.86 lakh crore. 
The principal opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party, described it as the biggest of scams during the Congress-led UPA regime and said the prime minister was directly responsible in this case because he held charge of the coal ministry for part of the period concerned. 
"In 2G spectrum, the prime minister was politically and vicariously liable…. In this case he is politically, morally and directly liable. He has to seriously introspect on whether he should continue to remain in office. We are of the view that he should quit," leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, said at a press conference, along with his Lok Sabha counterpart Sushma Swaraj. 
"The report represents a mix of the policy paralysis, inefficiency being used for a corrupt and collateral motive by the UPA government. It is this mix which has caused, according to the CAG, a wrongful loss of . 1,86,000 crore to the public exchequer," the BJP leaders said. The Left parties also attacked the government, with the CPM politburo demanding an explanation from the prime minister. With the government rejecting the report and accusing the CAG of going beyond its brief, the confrontation between the government and 
the opposition parties appeared set to escalate. 
The opposition leaders, who appeared determined to target the prime minister, said they would not allow the issue to be pushed aside by deferring a discussion till the Public Accounts Committee completes its examination of the report. 
BJP leader and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha rejected the government's argument that it had merely followed the recommendations of the state governments. The allocation of major minerals is the Centre's job, Sinha said. 
He argued that the central leaders were liable for action under the Prevention of Corruption Act, as it was a case of "public policy bereft of public interest".

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