This became the only issue over which Manmohan Singh took on his party bosses and risked his government. Politically, it was riskier than the 1991 reform, recalls Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Then prime ...
In 2017, judge Parashar said Singh had no reason to presume that the then coal secretary HC Gupta had recommended a non-compliant private firm for the allocation of coal block in Madhya Pradesh.