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Facing allegations for being a Jaiswal: Coal
minister
Tuesday September 04, 2012 10:30:28 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Coal
Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal Tuesday played to the gallery, saying
he was being targeted because of his community and noted that the
screening process to allocate coal blocks followed by the UPA
government was the "most transparent".
"Allegations are being levelled against me for being a Jaiswal
(trader community)," he said, adding that "all the Jaiswals were
close to him."
"In a democracy, the screening process to allocate coal blocks
followed by the UPA-I government was the most transparent one,"
Jaiswal told reporters.
The minister clarified no coal blocks were given during his
tenure.
According to a CAG report, private players had windfall gain worth
Rs.1.85 lakh crores in the allocation of 142 coal blocks during
2006-09 by the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
government.
The minister expressed hope that the UPA government's face would
not be "blackened" over allegations of irregularities in coal
blocks allocations.
"The UPA government will not be affected by the allegations as it
is headed by an honest prime minister (Manmohan Singh) who is also
a renowned economist," said Jaiswal.
He said the prime minister decided to switch to the auction route
to allocate coal mines and ordered for setting up of an
inter-ministerial group to examine any wrong doings in the
allocation of 142 coal blocks.
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