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'BJP stalling parliament a black spot for democracy'
Monday August 27, 2012 09:45:32 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Hitting back at the BJP for targetting
the prime minister over the coal scam, the Congress-led UPA
government Monday said that the opposition stalling parliament is
a black spot for democracy and slap on the face of people who
elect their representatives.
Speaking to the media, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered to debate the coal
allocation and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should accept it.
"Every day that passes without parliament meeting and transacting
business is a day that adds a black spot for democracy. Not
discussing in parliament is a slap on the face of people who elect
us," said Chidambaram.
He said that the place to continue the debate on coal allocation
is not outside the parliament but inside the parliament.
"We are always ready for debate on coal allocation. If the
opposition finds fault in the prime minister's statement, please
do so, but in the parliament," he said, during a media briefing (GoM
Media) attended by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal
and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni.
Chidambaram turned down BJP's demand for government to seek vote
of confidence.
"There is no reason for the government to seek vote of confidence.
The government enjoys the confidence of the parliament," he said.
He refuted BJP's allegation that the Congress had made a lot of
money - "mota maal" - in its coal blocks allocation, and said
phrases like this should be avoided.
Earlier, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari, addressing
newspersons, said the United Progressive Alliance was ready for a
debate in parliament. Whether there should be voting on the debate
would be decided by the business advisory committees of the two
houses, he added.
He said a debate on coal blocks allocation in parliament would
"expose" the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and leave it with a
"blackened face".
The BJP has been holding up parliament with demands for the
resignation of the prime minister over the government auditor's
report on losses to the exchequer.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said in its
report that the lack of transparency in the allocation of coal
blocks to private players had resulted in the loss of a whopping
Rs.1.85 lakh crore ($37 billion) to the exchequer.
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