Team Anna to gherao PM, Gadkari residence
24 Aug 2012 3:28 PM IST
Demanding immediate cancellation of allocation of coal blocks to private players and the setting up of an independent SIT, disbanded Team Anna will gherao the houses of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Sunday.
Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to supporters to assemble at Jantar Mantar at 10 am for the march to the leader's houses.
The disbanded team has alleged that both the major parties – BJP and Congress – have been closely involved in the coal scam. The team believes that along with BJP and Congress, CPM and BJD have also played a major role in the plunder of natural resources.
Kejriwal said, 'Not only the centre but many state governments comprising have colluded to plunder this country. If the total loss in this scam is estimated to be approximately 2 lakh crores, considering that there are 6 lakh villages in India, 30 lakhs were looted from each village.'
The team alleges that now that the scam has come to light, the Congress and the BJP have colluded to stall proceedings of the both the houses of parliament.
'While the BJP kept on demanding the resignation of PM knowing the fact that UPA was never going to let that happen.
If the opposition was really worried about the scam it would have asked for an open debate in the Parliament instead of focusing on resignation of the PM. The resignation will in no way lead to unearthing the depth of the coal-gate scam but an independent investigation certainly would. On the other hand, if the UPA were serious about getting to the bottom of the issue, Rajiv Shukla instead of asking the deputy speaker to adjourn the house would have asked for a debate ignoring the ruckus created by the opposition.
Unfortunately, none of the parties raised their voice for this,' said the India Against Corruption release.
Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to supporters to assemble at Jantar Mantar at 10 am for the march to the leader's houses.
The disbanded team has alleged that both the major parties – BJP and Congress – have been closely involved in the coal scam. The team believes that along with BJP and Congress, CPM and BJD have also played a major role in the plunder of natural resources.
Kejriwal said, 'Not only the centre but many state governments comprising have colluded to plunder this country. If the total loss in this scam is estimated to be approximately 2 lakh crores, considering that there are 6 lakh villages in India, 30 lakhs were looted from each village.'
The team alleges that now that the scam has come to light, the Congress and the BJP have colluded to stall proceedings of the both the houses of parliament.
'While the BJP kept on demanding the resignation of PM knowing the fact that UPA was never going to let that happen.
If the opposition was really worried about the scam it would have asked for an open debate in the Parliament instead of focusing on resignation of the PM. The resignation will in no way lead to unearthing the depth of the coal-gate scam but an independent investigation certainly would. On the other hand, if the UPA were serious about getting to the bottom of the issue, Rajiv Shukla instead of asking the deputy speaker to adjourn the house would have asked for a debate ignoring the ruckus created by the opposition.
Unfortunately, none of the parties raised their voice for this,' said the India Against Corruption release.
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