03-28-2007, 03:18 AM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dal scandal set to trigger political quake </b>
Pioneer.com
Navin Upadhyay | New Delhi
Probe can open Pandora's box, may turn heat on key Minister
The pulse export scam is threatening to hit the UPA Government's "aam admi" campaign hard with the CBI finding prima facie a 'case' in the allegations that some exporters flouted the ban order to ship thousands of tonnes of dal while the prices in domestic markets were skyrocketing.Â
Sources in the CBI said the agency has gone into the findings of the internal report of the Commerce Ministry and subsequent investigation carried out by the Department of Revenue Intelligence and concluded that there was a clear 'case' of violation of ban by the exporters.
"After the Ministry provides us with the relevant reports which can be treated as FIR, we would launch a full-fledged investigation into the matter," sources in the CBI said.
After the scandal became public with BJP spokesman and MP Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking the Prime Minister's intervention and resignation of <b>Commerce Minister Kamal Nath</b>, his Ministry disclosed that the CBI had already been asked to probe the scam.
In a report submitted to the Ministry on March 12, which included the findings of preliminary investigation by the <b>DRI, the DGFT named three exporters, Jetking International, Kohinoor Foods and KRBL Ltd</b>, as suspect for flouting the ban.
A fresh twist in the case indicates that one of the three companies was a major beneficiary of the scam. Information available with The Pioneer shows that one of the said exporters shipped out as much as 30,000 tonnes of pulses from Mudhra port in Gujarat at the rate of $600 per tonne.
<b>The Delhi-based exporter is understood to have powerful political support. There are enough indications that a detailed probe could open a Pandora's box and might turn the heat on a key Minister in the UPA Government</b>.
Over the past several months, the commodity exports have been hit by one after another scandal involving wheat, sugar, onion, pulses and chana.
<b>While the pulses and chana export scams have put the Government in the dock and raised speculation about the political link to the exporters</b>, sources said that the inquiry into a Rs 150 crore sugar export scam has also shown involvement of a Delhi-based export company.
Sources said that <b>five companies sold in domestic market nearly one lakh tonnes of sugar earmarked for export. The exporters had procured the sugar from 12 co-operative factories in Maharashtra.</b>
In case of the <b>humble onion, the Government allowed 'big players' to export huge quantities and made a killing while domestic consumers paid through their nose</b>.
Similarly,<b> the Government banned the export of dollar chana last year even though it is hardly consumed in the country. After the prices crashed and farmers badly hit,</b> the Government issued licences to three companies for export whereas the commodity was earlier placed on the Open General Licence list. Only after a hue and cry from other exporters, the Government allowed its export under OGL. Meanwhile, <b>the three exporters made huge profits.</b>
With more and more information pouring in by the day, the commodity export scam could become a major source of embarrassment for the UPA Government, already reeling under political fallout of rising prices.
Fresh disclosures could give the Opposition a major weapon to corner the Government for looting aam admi and blaming supply side decline for the price rise. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sonia called George Fernandes "Coffin chor", We should call her "Farmers killer" or "Dal chor", "Deshi drohi" or please add more.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dal scandal set to trigger political quake </b>
Pioneer.com
Navin Upadhyay | New Delhi
Probe can open Pandora's box, may turn heat on key Minister
The pulse export scam is threatening to hit the UPA Government's "aam admi" campaign hard with the CBI finding prima facie a 'case' in the allegations that some exporters flouted the ban order to ship thousands of tonnes of dal while the prices in domestic markets were skyrocketing.Â
Sources in the CBI said the agency has gone into the findings of the internal report of the Commerce Ministry and subsequent investigation carried out by the Department of Revenue Intelligence and concluded that there was a clear 'case' of violation of ban by the exporters.
"After the Ministry provides us with the relevant reports which can be treated as FIR, we would launch a full-fledged investigation into the matter," sources in the CBI said.
After the scandal became public with BJP spokesman and MP Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking the Prime Minister's intervention and resignation of <b>Commerce Minister Kamal Nath</b>, his Ministry disclosed that the CBI had already been asked to probe the scam.
In a report submitted to the Ministry on March 12, which included the findings of preliminary investigation by the <b>DRI, the DGFT named three exporters, Jetking International, Kohinoor Foods and KRBL Ltd</b>, as suspect for flouting the ban.
A fresh twist in the case indicates that one of the three companies was a major beneficiary of the scam. Information available with The Pioneer shows that one of the said exporters shipped out as much as 30,000 tonnes of pulses from Mudhra port in Gujarat at the rate of $600 per tonne.
<b>The Delhi-based exporter is understood to have powerful political support. There are enough indications that a detailed probe could open a Pandora's box and might turn the heat on a key Minister in the UPA Government</b>.
Over the past several months, the commodity exports have been hit by one after another scandal involving wheat, sugar, onion, pulses and chana.
<b>While the pulses and chana export scams have put the Government in the dock and raised speculation about the political link to the exporters</b>, sources said that the inquiry into a Rs 150 crore sugar export scam has also shown involvement of a Delhi-based export company.
Sources said that <b>five companies sold in domestic market nearly one lakh tonnes of sugar earmarked for export. The exporters had procured the sugar from 12 co-operative factories in Maharashtra.</b>
In case of the <b>humble onion, the Government allowed 'big players' to export huge quantities and made a killing while domestic consumers paid through their nose</b>.
Similarly,<b> the Government banned the export of dollar chana last year even though it is hardly consumed in the country. After the prices crashed and farmers badly hit,</b> the Government issued licences to three companies for export whereas the commodity was earlier placed on the Open General Licence list. Only after a hue and cry from other exporters, the Government allowed its export under OGL. Meanwhile, <b>the three exporters made huge profits.</b>
With more and more information pouring in by the day, the commodity export scam could become a major source of embarrassment for the UPA Government, already reeling under political fallout of rising prices.
Fresh disclosures could give the Opposition a major weapon to corner the Government for looting aam admi and blaming supply side decline for the price rise. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sonia called George Fernandes "Coffin chor", We should call her "Farmers killer" or "Dal chor", "Deshi drohi" or please add more.