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Narendra Modi, Congress partners in loot:
Kejriwal
Tuesday December 04, 2012 10:16:20 PM,
IANS
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Lok Sabha adjourned over Gujarat project
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. Tuesday after Congress
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New Delhi:
Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday accused
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of giving undue favours to
some corporate companies and said the impression of him being
honest was wrong.
He also attacked the Congress for not raising the alleged
wrongdoings of Modi, saying that the two were acting as "business
partners" and "partners in loot".
Addressing a press conference here with his associate Prashant
Bhushan, Kejriwal accused Modi of "buying peace with the Congress
and the judiciary" by giving them land at concessional rates.
He alleged Modi had showered special favours to the Adani Group
and agreed to purchase power from the company at a rate double of
what was offered by Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation.
Kejriwal alleged Modi had granted land to the Adanis in Kutch area
at throwaway prices.
"Modi has an image that he is honest. But papers show there is
something wrong. It appears that Modi and the Congress are
business partners," Kejriwal said.
He alleged that Modi had gifted away 20 percent of Gujarat State
Petroleum Corporation's (GSPC) stake in the Krishna-Godavari Basin
to two companies, Geo Global and Jubilant Enpro Private limited.
"The first question is: how were these two companies identified?
According to records, it was not through any competitive bidding.
These two companies were simply given away the participating
interests in these gas fields free of cost," he alleged further.
Kejriwal added: "Geo Global was incorporated just six days before
their agreement with GSPC. On the day of the agreement, its total
capital was $64 (Rs.3,200) only. The company is owned by some Jean
Paul Roy. So, from a Rs.3,200 worth company, it became a Rs.10,000
crore worth company within six days."
"Interestingly, GSPC has spent $3 billion as cost of exploration.
Since Geo Global has a 10 per cent stake, 10 per cent of this cost
of $300 million (Rs.1,500 crore) should have been borne by Geo
Global. However, the Modi government paid this money on their
behalf and did not recover it from them. Why did Modi do that? Who
is Jean Paul Roy? What is Modi's relationship with Jean Paul Roy?"
asked Kejriwal.
Jubilant Energy denies allegations
Jubilant Energy, in a statement
issued Tuesday, denied Kejriwal's accusations alleging a gift of
10 percent participating interest in the K.G. Deendayal gas block
off the Andhra Pradesh coast.
"Jubilant Energy, a subsidiary of Jubilant Enpro, won the block in
international competitive bidding in the third round of New
Exploration Licensing Policy of the government of India. Jubilant
Energy is a partner in the block and pays fully for its 10 percent
share of expenditure," the statement added.
Jubilant Energy is the original partner in the block with GSPC as
the operator of the block, it said.
"The block was awarded to Jubilant Energy by the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas with 22 other blocks at the same time to
various parties," the statement said.
Kejriwal also said the Gujarat government had been allotting
concessional plots of land to MPs and MLAs in prime areas of
Gandhinagar for constructing houses, but most of them have sold
these plots at much higher rates.
"Why did the Congress, which is the opposition party (in Gujarat),
not raise its voice against this scheme? Because MPs and MLAs from
Congress also have got plots and they have also benefited from
this scheme," said Kejriwal.
"The Gujarat High Court stayed the sale of these plots. In order
to keep the judges happy, Modi gave concessional plots to all the
sitting, retired and promoted judges of Gujarat High Court in
April 2010. Barring a few judges, all the other judges accepted
this Modi's offer," he added.
"Since then, this petition has not been heard by Gujarat High
Court. Has the judiciary been effectively silenced," Kejriwal
asked.
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