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Coalgate: CBI being pressurized to save PM, alleges BJP

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded a thorough probe of the coal blocks allocation scam, and said that if no action is taken against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, it will send out a message that the CBI is not able to work independently. The CBI is likely to file a status report on the coal blocks allocation before the Supreme Court today, regarding details of its 14th FIR against Hindalco and others and also progress in the remaining 13 cases. Oct 22, 2013
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Coalgate: Gurudas Dasgupta takes on PMO, says Govt in grip of corporates

New Delhi, Oct 21 (ANI): CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Monday said that crime and criminality will run in the country and corruption will continue if investigating agencies have no independence. Dasgupta, who was responding to media reports of the CBI mulling the option of closing the Coalgate case against Kumar Mangalam Birla, said that the closure of case against Birla will set a dangerous precedent. Dasgupta was also critical of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) strong defence of the allocation of the Talabira II coal block to Hindalco. The CPI (M) leaders also criticized the UPA Ministers for raising their concerns following the case against Birla in the coal scam case, and said the government is now in the grip of the corporates. Oct 21, 2013
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PMO defending corporate, but what have they given UPA in last 10 years: JD (U)

New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): Even as the Prime Minister's Office rejected any criminality in the controversial allocation of coal block to Hindalco, saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved it on the basis of merits of the case placed before him, JD (U) Leader, KC Tyagi on Sunday asked why the PMO was defending the corporate, when they in turn had done nothing for them in the last 10 years. Oct 20, 2013
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Will PM analyse every single page and then sign it: Khurshid on Coalgate

New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): Even as the Prime Minister's Office rejected any criminality in the controversial allocation of coal block to Hindalco, Union Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid on Saturday defended Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking if he should have analysed every single page during allotment of coal blocks before signing. Oct 19, 2013
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PM should be the first accused in Coalgate scam: PC Parekh after CBI booked him

Hyderabad, Oct 16 (ANI): After CBI filled another FIR against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and Former Coal Secretary PC Parekh in the infamous Coal Allocation Scam, Parekh said that if he is one of the accused, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be the first accused in the case. He further said that there is nothing wrong in the allocation of blocks, but if CBI sees anything wrong with the same and the case goes to the Supreme Court, I would accept it as much as the responsibility of the PM. Oct 16, 2013
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Coalgate: BJP reacts to Parekhs remark, says PM prime accused

New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): Even as former union coal Secretary PC Parekh hit out at CBI saying that if they suspect his role in the coal scam then, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be referred to as accused No 1 since he approved the allocation; BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said that Congress is known for corruptions as PM allowed the arbitrary allotments of coal without proper reasoning. Oct 16, 2013
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Fresh FIR in Coalgate: "Complete monumental fraud" investigated at slow pace, says BJP

New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): After another or 14th FIR in Coal block allocation scam, wherein CBI has named Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Birla, along with his company Hindalco and a former bureaucrat, BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said dubbed the case as "Complete monumental fraud" and slammed the slow pace of investigation in the same. Further, he said that it is for the fact that Supreme Court is taking part in the process, or else there won't have been any probe in the case at all. Oct 15, 2013