The Ambani brothers' gas dispute echoed in the Lok Sabha today with some members demanding the resignation of petroleum minister Murli Deora.
The Ambani brothers' gas dispute echoed in the Lok Sabha today with some members demanding the resignation of petroleum minister Murli Deora, forcing adjournment of the house.
The Samajwadi Party members, led by president Mulayam Singh Yadav, demanded resignation of Deora over the government's failure to ensure supply of gas for the Dadri Power project in Uttar Pradesh.
Grave injustice is being done to Uttar Pradesh by denying gas to the Dadri Power plant and this in turn could cost the national exchequer Rs30,000 crore, Yadav contended.
Anil Ambani had yesterday hit out at the petroleum ministry for colluding with elder brother Mukesh's RIL in blocking gas supply for its power projects despite a firm commitment, upheld thrice by the Bombay High Court.
With SP members rushing to the Well of the House and creating an uproar, the House witnessed two adjournments till the lunch recess.
While Yadav or other SP members did not name the Ambani brothers nor the fight between them, the reference to Dadri project and resignation of the petroleum minister was indication enough of their plea.
The issue was raised by Yadav soon after the House met for Question Hour. He was highly critical of the petroleum minister and demanded a statement from the government on the issue.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had yesterday called a meeting with Deora and law minister Veerappa Moily after Anil openly charged the oil ministry with siding with RIL to help it renege commitments on gas supply to NTPC and his group's firm RNRL.
The Supreme Court will on September one consider admissibility of a government petition seeking annulment of a gas supply pact between RIL-RNRL.
SP members Reoti Raman Singh and Shailendra Kumar demanded resignation of Deora.
When Yadav sought to raise the issue again after Question Hour, speaker Meira Kumar disallowed him telling the SP leader would not get another chance.
As SP members rushed to the Well, the speaker adjourned the House for 15 minutes. It was similar story when the House reassembled when Sumitra Mahajan was in the Chair. She adjourned the House till 2:00 p.m.
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