Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured the nation on the floor of Parliament that the Central Government has nothing to hide in the coal blocks allocation case.The categorical statement meant that : "CONGRESS AND THE PRIME MINISTER HAS NOTHING TO HIDE ? But the nation (afraid of repeat of Bofors scam that died an unconclusive end after lingering for twenty long years of investigation ) want to know does this statement ( word "Nothing" ) has certain exception that it does not relate to those files, which are related to certain Congress ministers or members close to the party,the
opposition specifically wanted to examine if those files which are related to
the congress ministers and the PMO. in the scam are missing ?
But still the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has categorically said on the floor of the parliament
: only what he is saying for last several years : "that he has nothing to
hide"; as such now the expert has to work hard to search and find what is the meaning of this
often used word "nothing".
Nobody will be satisfied with the Prime Minister's response; as the simple point is that by delaying the clarification about the identity of the files and the actual status , whoever is accused of such crime is hampering the investigation, which is done by CBI under direct supervision of the Supreme Court.
Moreover the Prime Minister version that it was wrong to assume "coal files had gone missing" is more confusing and smells of conspiracy as the CBI sources also accepts that the missing files are very important for the probe into the coal blocks allocation scam.
As FIRs have already been filed against mining companies for cheating and criminal conspiracy it is logical to fix and charge the other part of the alleged cheating and conspiracy. In the coal allocation scam no conspiracy will be complete without anyone from Government joining hands with the beneficial mining companies and this is exactly what the opposition in the Parliament wanted to know by questioning the that time coal ministry charge holder prime minister Manmohan Singh.
The Prime Minister by delaying and denying specific replies to the allegation giving more air to the suspicion. Hence comes the big questions,why the government is shying away from ordering an investigation into missing files?