GUWAHATI: The Opposition Congress in Assam has demanded a CBI probe into the alleged coal syndicate operating in the state, while calling for constitution of an all-party House committee to probe into allegations of syndicates raj in other items.
Addressing a press conference here, Leader of Opposition in Assam legislative Assembly Debabrata Saikia said, There have been reports of overloading of coal trucks and syndicates running the coal trade in the state. Our MLAs have also caught overloaded coal-carrying trucks and handed over the same to the police several times. Since Coal India Ltd deals with the coal trade here, we demand a CBI enquiry into the allegations of syndicates operating in this sector.
He further alleged t…
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