Name: Coalgate: Ex-coal secy's remarks put spotlight on PM
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Description: Former coal secretary PC Parakh on Saturday said that the PM could have pushed for the bidding process, but did not.

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New Delhi: The coalgate has once again embarrassed the UPA. A former coal secretary on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying he could have pushed for coal block allocations via bidding. 
 
Ex-coal secretary PC Parakh said that neither the industry nor the netas wanted to bid for coal blocks as they could get them for far cheaper through the existing screening process. 
 
Parakh said that he clearly pushed for auctions, but was overruled by the PM. 
 
Team Anna member Manish Sisodia flayed the PM over the issue. "After CNN-IBN's story, it's clear that the PM is guilty. If they don't inquire, we will take to streets," he said. 
 
It is just the ammunition that the Opposition and Team Anna have been looking for, and the Congress is finding it difficult to defend. 
 
Till now it was the Opposition attacking the government for some brownie points on the coal scam. However, now after the CAG, a former coal secretary has put the spotlight squarely on the PM. 
 
The Congress's stand that the PM is free of any taint will now be difficult to defend, because he's being accused of directly presiding over a scam that could prove to be bigger than the 2G scam.

Coalgate: Ex-coal secy's remarks put spotlight on PM

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