THE 'COALGATE' MASSACRE

The largest of the largest scams that our nation has ever faced is here. Indian history's biggest scam - 1.86 lakh crore rupees - in terms of money has shaken the people of this nation terribly. The other important thing is that this scam involves the most honorable Prime Minister of India in its primary target list. The period of 2004-2009 witnessed the most disheartening disaster when the UPA was holding its power and Dr.Manmohan being the Prime Minister along with holding the Coal and Petroleum Ministry too. After the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) submitted his report on last Friday, the monsoon season of the Parliament rose in temper. All parties, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) main rival straight-away demanded the resignation of Dr.Manmohan Singh. This caused fury among the ruling party in a bigger way. Many of the senior Congress members, including Mr.P.Chidambaram tried to convince the House but surrendered in vain. Opposition parties with a bigger scam to play on court cannot wait in silence. They broke the honor of the House many times and this was evident when the proceedings of the both Houses were called off for the entire week. This said-to-be forgery in coal blocks allocation has come in a wrong time for the ruling party. Just after nearly surviving the effects of the three previous scams - 3G Spectrum Tele-communication scam, Commonwealth Games, Delhi, 2010, Aviation Industry scam, UPA is unable to defend its position dealing with the 'Coalgate' scam. This pertains to the allotment of coal blocks in an illegal manner without proper bidding. The industries which had been assigned with the coal blocks have paid lump sums of money to the government for the sake of being allotted with the required coal block at almost nil competition. This has caused the CAG to probe into the activities of the Coal and Petroleum Ministry of 2004 period. That probe has only found the biggest scam in terms of money. Even when the coal hasn't been taken out of the land, the responsible have paid the taxes correspondingly. This action has caused the government goodwill amidst the fire. The reasons are that the coal is still present and the government has received additional money in terms of taxes. Whatever the situation maybe this problem will not come to a sudden conclusion. While the opposition parties are demanding the downfall of the Prime Minister, making the Prime Minister step down will only make the Congress 'digging for its own grave'. So the conclusion could only be possible if the responsible ministers concede the truth what actually happened and that Opposition are willing to lend their ears to that voice. The situation is really not better at the moment now in this monsoon season for the Parliament. Winter is not far away as well and thus there is no getting away with such a terrible thing. The accused has to answer and the winter session for the Parliament will be meant for the one. Opposition will be waiting with their plans to outwit the ruling side. So seeing the truthful end is inevitable. Along with the Delhi clouds, we will wait and watch what the Parliament is to offer us. The truth or the 'reason'? 'Coalgate' or 'Grave-gate? Praying God, for good things to happen!!