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Coal scam: Act against Chhattisgarh CM, Congress tells BJP

PTI

Congress today asked the BJP to actagainst Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh for allegedirregularities in mining coal from a block alloted to thestate by the Centre.

"BJP is spreading anarchy across the country using a CAGreport. The same CAG had found irregularities related to coalmining in Chhattisgarh that led the state exchequer to a lossof Rs 1,000 crore," Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said.

Tewari said if a CAG report is the final word for the BJP,then it should seek resignation of the Chief Minister ofChhattisgarh and cancel all the allocations made in the state.

At the same time, there have been wrongdoings of the chiefministers of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka which havebeen brought out by the CAG, he said.

"The BJP should first act against its regionalgovernments," Tewari said.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its auditreport (Civil & Commercial) for 2010-11, had in April pulledup Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp Ltd for accepting asingle bid for commercial mining of coal from a blockallocated by the Centre.

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