No Political Will to Take on Tobacco Lobbies?
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No political will to take on tobacco lobbies?
From the NDA to the UPA, conflicts of interest on the tobacco issue cut across party lines. Is the Prime Minister serious about tobacco warnings or is there only bluster on the issue? Is there really a political will to challenge the tobacco lobbies? Maharashtra's 'beedi king' Praful Patel joins us, after its revealed that he too was part of a GoM on tobacco under the UPA.
Did attend a meeting of Group of Ministers on tobacco under UPA, but dissociated myself from it: Praful Patel to NDTV
Facing criticism for his own conflict of interest as part of a Group of Ministers (GoM) on tobacco under the UPA government in 2010, former Union Minister and NCP leader Praful Patel has told NDTV that he did attend a meeting of the Group but then dissociated himself from it, because of his family's beedi business.
No political will to take on tobacco lobbies?
From the NDA to the UPA, conflicts of interest on the tobacco issue cut across party lines. Is the Prime Minister serious about tobacco warnings or is there only bluster on the issue? Is there really a political will to challenge the tobacco lobbies? Maharashtra's 'beedi king' Praful Patel joins us, after its revealed that he too was part of a GoM on tobacco under the UPA.
Did attend a meeting of Group of Ministers on tobacco under UPA, but dissociated myself from it: Praful Patel to NDTV
Facing criticism for his own conflict of interest as part of a Group of Ministers (GoM) on tobacco under the UPA government in 2010, former Union Minister and NCP leader Praful Patel has told NDTV that he did attend a meeting of the Group but then dissociated himself from it, because of his family's beedi business.
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