Cong slams Reliance charges while BJP throws in queries
1 Nov 2012 2:53 AM GMT
The Congress on Wednesday rubbished the charges levelled by India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejriwal that Jaipal Reddy was removed from the petroleum and natural gas ministry at the behest of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
‘His charges are not worth a comment from any political party,’ Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko said. Reddy refused to comment. ‘Ask me questions on my new charge science and technology,’ he told reporters.
Congress general secretary B.K. Hari Prasad said Kejriwal's ‘charges were baseless’. Former petroleum and natural gas minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said while it was okay for a company to make a demand, the government had not decided on it. ‘The government is discussing it,’ Aiyar told reporters.
The BJP on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify why S. Jaipal Reddy was shifted out of the petroleum ministry.
‘Is it any malfunction in the ministry that has persuaded Manmohan Singh to effect this change? Or is it that Jaipal Reddy was not found a 'convenient minister' or is this another example of corporate interests taking precedence over national good?’
‘His charges are not worth a comment from any political party,’ Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko said. Reddy refused to comment. ‘Ask me questions on my new charge science and technology,’ he told reporters.
Congress general secretary B.K. Hari Prasad said Kejriwal's ‘charges were baseless’. Former petroleum and natural gas minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said while it was okay for a company to make a demand, the government had not decided on it. ‘The government is discussing it,’ Aiyar told reporters.
The BJP on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify why S. Jaipal Reddy was shifted out of the petroleum ministry.
‘Is it any malfunction in the ministry that has persuaded Manmohan Singh to effect this change? Or is it that Jaipal Reddy was not found a 'convenient minister' or is this another example of corporate interests taking precedence over national good?’
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