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Lalu asks BJP about Reddy brothers, Sushma
sticks to 'mota maal' remark
Tuesday August 28, 2012 07:41:17 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's "mota maal"
remark continued to reverberate with RJD leader Lalu Prasad
Tuesday accusing the party of having made mega-bucks from the
mining barons, the Reddy brothers of Karnataka, while she instead
accused the Congress of benefitting.
"With regard to the mota maal (mega-bucks) remark by BJP leader
Sushma Swaraj, we want to know who used to take mota maal from the
Reddy brothers of Karnataka," the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader told
reporters here.
In the evening, Sushma Swaraj hit back, tweeting that it was the
Congress that had made the money by allocating mining rights to
the Reddy brothers, who are accused of large scale illegal mining.
"I want to tell them and the country that they are the ones who
got the mota maal from the Reddy brothers," the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader tweeted.
She said the Reddy brothers, one of who is in jail, got all the
mining rights "on recommendation from Congress chief ministers and
it was given by the Congress government".
Sushma Swaraj also demanded that all the documents relating to the
economic benefits accruing to the Reddy brothers be made public.
The BJP leader had Monday alleged that the Congress had made "mota
maal" from the coal blocks allocation which the government auditor
has faulted for allegedly causing huge loss to the exchequer.
Lalu Prasad, whose RJD supports the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),
told reporters outside the Parliament House that the BJP
governments in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh had
allowed massive mining in their states and should be questioned.
"Let's have a discussion on all this first. The BJP does not want
a discussion on their own states," he added.
On Monday, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had rejected Sushma
Swaraj's allegation that the Congress party was paid bribes in
allocation of coal blocks during 2004-08. Referring to the Hindi
phrase "mota maal", he had said: "I think such phrases should be
avoided."
The Reddy brothers, two of who are former state ministers in
Karnataka, are accused of illegal mining. One of them, Janardhana
Reddy, has been in prison since Sep 5 last year. Karnataka is
ruled by the BJP.
The BJP is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh over a CAG report faulting the government over allocation of
coal blocks.
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