Congress blames Centre for coal crunch, energy disaster in Maharashtra

By PTI

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday mentioned the ability disaster within the state has been brought about on account of lack of coal provide by the Central authorities.

Talking to reporters right here, Patole claimed that although the Union coal minister has suggested states to import coal, the imports will solely profit among the BJP’s industrialist buddies and can make electrical energy costly.

“The Union coal minister has advised states to import coal. However, when coal is imported, it will only benefit some of the BJP’s industrialist friends and it will make electricity more expensive and ordinary consumers will have to bear the brunt of it,” he alleged.

The Congress chief additional mentioned that the allegations of corruption within the allocation of coal mines, which have been made through the UPA regime, have been later discovered to be false. The then PM Manmohan Singh had a imaginative and prescient, he was able to empower the vitality division.

But beneath the Modi authorities, no new coal mine has been created, this can be a ploy of privatisation, he claimed.

When requested about the usage of loudspeakers on mosques, Patole charged that some events have been making an attempt to additional their political pursuits by elevating the difficulty of loudspeakers on mosques.

“Why is one particular religion being targeted, when loudspeakers are being used in places of worship across all faiths? The Constitution does not teach you to hate any religion,” the previous speaker mentioned.

Communal forces shouldn’t attempt to instigate one faith towards one other, he mentioned, including that efforts are being made to create a non secular rift in Maharashtra and motion ought to be taken towards such individuals.

Speaking about Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s go to to Mumbai, Patole mentioned the date for a similar has not been fastened but.

During his go to to Mumbai, Gandhi will meet Congress MLAs, ministers and get together workplace bearers. The go to can be necessary for coordination among the many MVA constituents and implementation of the frequent minimal programme drafted by the events, Patole mentioned.