CPM attacks govt on coal, threatens to rock Parliament
23 Oct 2014 5:42 AM IST
The CPI (M) on Wednesday slammed the NDA government for bringing an ordinance to allow e-auction of coal blocks for private parties and threatened that the party will oppose government’s hidden agenda to ‘nullify’ the Coal Nationalisation Act of 1973.
Speaking to media persons, CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury said, ‘No such decision can be taken without Parliament approval. The requirements of the state electricity boards and the public sector units like the NTPC must be met first before considering the needs of private players.’ While suggesting that coal mining be kept in the hands of Coal India, he said: ‘All private players who want to use coal should buy it from open market. The coal resource in our country should be tapped and mined only by the public sector Coal India after meeting the requirements of all the state electricity boards and the public sector units like the NTPC etc. which provide power to the country and run power grids in the country.’ Yechuri said that his party will take up the matter in Parliament.
‘Their requirements must first be met and after that let the produced coal be sold in the open market. The private players who want to use coal let them buy it from the open market, but let the mining be with Coal India. That is the spirit of the Parliament Act and that should be ensured, that cannot be negated or diluted,’ he said.
On the context of Black Money, he said, ‘We have demanded the issuance of a White Paper detailing the amounts of illegal money stashed away abroad and those involved. Just naming some individuals would not serve any purpose because names of some of them have already come out in public.’
Speaking to media persons, CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury said, ‘No such decision can be taken without Parliament approval. The requirements of the state electricity boards and the public sector units like the NTPC must be met first before considering the needs of private players.’ While suggesting that coal mining be kept in the hands of Coal India, he said: ‘All private players who want to use coal should buy it from open market. The coal resource in our country should be tapped and mined only by the public sector Coal India after meeting the requirements of all the state electricity boards and the public sector units like the NTPC etc. which provide power to the country and run power grids in the country.’ Yechuri said that his party will take up the matter in Parliament.
‘Their requirements must first be met and after that let the produced coal be sold in the open market. The private players who want to use coal let them buy it from the open market, but let the mining be with Coal India. That is the spirit of the Parliament Act and that should be ensured, that cannot be negated or diluted,’ he said.
On the context of Black Money, he said, ‘We have demanded the issuance of a White Paper detailing the amounts of illegal money stashed away abroad and those involved. Just naming some individuals would not serve any purpose because names of some of them have already come out in public.’
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