The Congress on Monday accused the government of “benefitting” its “friends” by making blending of imported coal mandatory for domestic power producers.
Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh alleged that the Modi government devised this model to benefit “friends” and this will lead to higher cost of power that will hurt common people.
He alleged that the government first made imported coal blending mandatory and then awarded a contract for importing coal to its “friends”, who are now selling imported coal to power producers at seven to ten times the cost of domestic coal, thus making windfall profits.
