This Article is From Aug 20, 2013
Coal-Gate: Files do not disappear, they are made to disappear, says BJP
New Delhi:
The ruling Congress came ready to push its flagship Food Security Bill in Parliament today, but the Bharatiya Janata Party made it clear - the house won't run until Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself explained how crucial files connected to the coal allocation scam went missing.
- Files don't disappear, they are made to disappear. These were files of the Coal Ministry, and there evidence of crime in these files. Has your ministry registered an FIR that evidence which was contained in this file has been taken away? Have you taken legal recourse?
Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha 20/08/2013 - Will leave no stone unturned to ensure the CBI gets access to all the files related to coal scam. I am ready for any punishment if found guilty. Sriprakash Jaiswal, Coal Minister 20/08/2013
- I want the PM to come on the floor of the House and tell us where are the missing coal files? Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha 20/08/2013
- The statement by our Coal Minister is to deviate us. The government is doing it deliberately, they are trying to hide this scam. We will ask the then coal minister to give the clarification on this. Prakash Javadekar, Leader, BJP 20/08/2013
- Did you report about the missing files, did you register an FIR? Sitaram Yechury, Leader, CPM 20/08/2013
- We want a statement on the missing coal files, but we want it from the PM. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Leader, BJP 20/08/2013
Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha 20/08/2013 
Sriprakash Jaiswal, Coal Minister 20/08/2013 
Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha 20/08/2013 
Prakash Javadekar, Leader, BJP 20/08/2013 
Sitaram Yechury, Leader, CPM 20/08/2013 
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Leader, BJP 20/08/2013 
