Naresh Gujral, MP from the Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and an ally of the NDA , said that media is trying hard to project a split between the parties over their stand on the Coalgate scam.
“Media is trying very hard (to divide SAD and BJP), they even projected as there is a division,” Gujral said to CNN-IBN.
“We are totally on the same page as the BJP, don’t try to divide us,” he added.
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Gujral said their demand is that all the coal mining licenses should be cancelled and the matter should be investigated by a sitting supreme court judge.
“I am all for a debate in the Parliament, provided the government announce that they are cancelling licenses which were given to cronies, in which fixers had a hand and nation suffered a loss,” he said.
“There is a Raj Dharma. Prime Minister is the custodian of the nation’s wealth. When the wealth is being squandered away like this we want an inquiry. We want an inquiry by a Supreme Court judge and not by CBI which plays in Government’s hand,” he added.
