Guj Cong delegation to raise KG Basin issue with President

Senior Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela today said a Gujarat Congress delegation would meet President Pranab Mukherjee and would raise the KG Basin issue with him.
Vaghela said the party delegation is hoping to meet the President on May 5 and would raise the issue with him strongly.
"At present, our Central leadership has taken up the issue of KG Basin in Rajya Sabha. Now, Gujarat Congress has decided to meet the President on this issue. We are hopeful that President would give his time to meet us on May 5," Vaghela said, adding the delegation would leave for New Delhi tomorrow.

The senior Congress leader alleged the country was misled by false claims that huge amount of gas was found in KG basin.
"Gujarat Congress has been raising this issue since long at various forums. This country was grossly misled by false claims that huge amount of gas has been found in the KG block. In reality, they never found anything and yet spent crores on the exploration," claimed Vaghela.
He alleged the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) went ahead with the gas exploration work despite knowing that the project would yield nothing.

"This project was used as a tool to create unnecessary hype (by then Gujarat Government). Government used to claim that the gas from KG block would satisfy India's energy need for 10 years. There should be a limit of making people fool. They (government) should be ashamed of such blatant lies," said Vaghela, also the leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly.

Vaghela reiterated that state government misled the agitating Patels by granting 10 per cent reservation to poor among upper class, including Patidars.
"This EBC quota is nothing but a lollipop to Patel as well as other general castes. This government very well knows that the quota will not survive the legal test when challenged in the court," said Vaghela.