Left, SP, TDP demand probe into coal scam

NEW DELHI, August 31, 2012 (PTI)



Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and MPs from TDP and Left parties on Friday sat on a dharna in front of Parliament House to seek a judicial inquiry into coal blocks allocation.



Eight parties, including the SP and the Left, have joined hands to protest the continued disruption of Parliament and are demanding a probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the coal block allocation issue.



Later talking to reporters, Mr. Yadav said, "We demand that a sitting Supreme Court judge or the CBI should inquire into the scam. If they don't order a probe, we will fight at the national-level and go to the people on the issue."



Asked if the parties would continue to be together in the future and whether this was the beginning of a third front, he said, "This will continue and whatever you want to think, you can do that. "We want the coal block licences should be cancelled and there should be a discussion on the issue in Parliament," he said.



CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said, "Both BJP and Congress want to avoid a discussion because they don't want it. If there is no discussion, many of their secrets will remain safe."



Asked if Mr. Yadav could be trusted, he said, "That is why we are saying that only time will tell what will happen in the future."



CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta said, "We have united to fight corruption and the efforts to destroy parliamentary democracy. This will not only be in Parliament but outside also. This is the beginning of a new day and era."



TDP leader Nama Nageshwara Rao said, "We want the government to cancel the allocation of coal blocks."
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