Former telecom minister Arun Shourie on Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be allowed to make a statement on the coal blocks allocation controversy in the wake of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)’s findings, saying the Opposition gained nothing by stalling Parliament over the issue.
“Prime Minister was the minister-in-charge (handling coal ministry). He must be given the opportunity to explain the facts as he sees them," Shourie, who was a minister in the A B Vajpayee government, told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
On BJP disrupting Parliament proceedings, Shourie said "As I understand it, the grievance of the opposition is not the debate but that nothing happens after the debate."
"Therefore some politicians are let off and that is their grievance. But once government demonstrates action that will follow then there will be no problem. In the end opposition does not gain much by disrupting Parliament," he said.
