Missing coal files: PM speaks in Parliament

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today spoke in the Rajya Sabha on the missing coal files relating to the allocation of coal blocks. Here are the highlights: 

• The govt is making all efforts to retrieve all papers requisitioned by the CBI
  
• Majority of papers have been submitted to the CBI
• Government has nothing to hide- more than 2000 pages of documentation have been already handed over to CBI
  
• Our intention of facilitating the investigation cannot be questioned. Govt has provided full support to CAG and later CBI
• Govt will carry out a thorough investigation and ensure that the guilty are brought to book
• The ongoing investigation by the CBI is closely being monitored by the Supreme Court
• The govt shall do its best to find and locate the papers and will hand over the papers to CBI within the stipulated time frame as directed by Supreme Court
• If the govt is unable to locate some of those papers, than as directed by the Supreme Court, a report will be filed with the CBI 
• The government shall follow the directions of the Supreme Court in letter and spirit
  
• Request the honourable members of Parliament not to draw hasty conclusions