Coalgate: BJP prepares for nation-wide campaign

September 04, 2012 19:56

With the Monsoon session of Parliament set for a washout, the BJP has started preparations for launching a "sustained" country-wide campaign to target the government over corruption issue including the controversial allocation of coal blocks.

In this context, top BJP leaders are "educating" their workers so that they could inform people about the issue and the party's position.

Addressing one such session in New Delhi on Tuesday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj told workers that the party will continue its protest till the allotments of coal blocks are cancelled and auctions are announced.

"We will continue our protest till these allocations are cancelled. Government must announce auction to prove that the money out of previous allocation has not gone into the kitty of the Congress party," she said.

Asking the party cadre to gear itself up for a "sustained battle" against the Congress, she said, "We all must arm ourselves with logics and facts regarding this issue. It is being discussed (coal controversy) everywhere and we must ensure that the culprit is punished."

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