"Coal Secretary P C Parakh's letter to the Prime Minister in 2005 is very important and explosive. He said that the coal mafia is present within the government and that there is a lot of black mailing," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters.
The party said Parakh has raised valid questions and these should be investigated.
Insisting that it is the PM's duty, BJP further demanded that Parakh's letter be made public.
Javadekar also ridiculed the PM's offer to appear before CBI. "Earlier the Prime Minister had said he is ready to go to CBI. In the 2G spectrum case, he said he is ready to appear before the PAC. He never appeared before the PAC or the JPC. Past record shows that the PM makes these promises but does not make himself available for probe," he said.
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