NDA meeting deferred as BJP fails to convince other allies
A meeting of the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) to chalk out its strategy to corner the Congress-led UPA government over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation scheduled to be held on Monday, has been deferred as several opposition parties are not in tune with the BJP on the issue.
According to reports, the Akali Dal is not in favour of the BJP's move to target Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and wants the parliamentary logjam to end.
The Left parties, who have been seeking an explanation from the Prime Minister, are also not in agreement with the BJP's continuous disruption of the Parliament over the coal blocks allocation issue.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ), considered to be close to the UPA, also refused to participate in the meeting and rejected the invitation of the BJP in its endeavor to unite all parties in targeting the government.
A meeting of senior BJP leaders is, however, presently on to discuss the party's future strategy.
The BJP has held the Prime Minister, who held direct charge of the coal ministry when the allocations were made, responsible for what has been estimated as a notional loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crores by the CAG in coal block allocations, and demanded his resignation.
The CAG report on coal block allocations states that nearly 150 coalfields were allotted to private and state-run firms without transparency and objectivity between 2005 and 2009.
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