Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Tuesday refuted Aam Admi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal's charge that it favoured certain industrial groups in the state. "The charges levelled by Kejriwal are baseless and aimed at maligning the reputation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi," government spokesperson and Minister of State for Energy, Saurabh Patel said.
"The charge that the state government favoured Adani group while purchasing power is not true. Power was purchased from the Adani Group after inviting bids and Adani was the lowest bidder," Patel said. Regarding the land given to the Adanis, Patel said, "the government has not given any farm land to Adanis. The land which was given in Kutch was wasteland. The charge that the land was given at Re 1 is false as it was given on a lease for 30 years on BOT basis and every year the state government gets rent on it".
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal had alleged in New Delhi that Modi favoured Gujarat-based business house Adani Group on power purchase and land allotment besides giving gas fields worth Rs 20,000 crore to private companies for "free". On the gas deal with a foreign firm GeoGlobal Resourcing, Patel said, "GSPC (Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation) had informed the Director General, Hydrocarbons in 2010 that the deal with GeoGlobal was cancelled and they did not have 10 per cent participating interest anymore in the oil exploration of the Krishna Godavari Basin Deendayal Block."
"As there was no commercial production so
11:12 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Ahmedabad: The BJP on Monday termed as "baseless and politically motivated" the allegations levelled by Union minister Manish Tiwari about the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation's (GSPC) deal with a foreign company. "The Congress has invented a scam which does not exist. Contracts given or contracts cancelled are normally done with prior approval given by the Director General Hydrocarbons... Even in this matter it is so," said Nirmala Sitaraman, BJP spokesperson....
11:27 PM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Party is on the attack in Gujarat. Quoting an investigation done by Tehelka magazine, the party has questioned why the Narendra Modi government gave 10 per cent equity in a gas field to a firm, GeoGlobal, that exists only on paper. The Tehelka write-up, which quotes extensively from the CAG report on the deal between GeoGlobal and the state government-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), says...
06:23 PM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: State-run gas utility GAIL India Ltd has cut its equity stake in ONGC's Dahej mega petrochemical project to 15.5 per cent after project cost further escalated by 9.5 per cent. GAIL had in 2008-09 picked up 19 per cent stake in ONGC Petro-additions Ltd (OPaL) which is building a mega petrochemical complex at Dahej in Gujarat. The 1.1 million tonnes plant was at that time estimated to cost...
02:13 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: With Assembly elections in Gujarat on the horizon, the Congress on Friday sought to make a political capital out of the CAG report presented in the state Assembly, alleging that corruption was at its worst in the Narendra Modi rule. "It is open loot in Gujarat. The whole treasury is being looted by few industrialists. The CAG report shows a loss of Rs 16,707 crore," Gujarat PCC chief...
11:54 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Friday tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report in the Assembly amidst Opposiiton din. The report lists alleged irregularities worth Rs 16,700 crore and purchase and sale of gas by state enterprise GSPC and alleged undue favours to corporations. The CAG report will now be referred to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) before it is referred back to the Assembly. The report of the...
06:41 PM, Mar 30, 2012
