Coal India owes money to Jharkhand, can stop its operations: CM
The Hindu
Mr. Soren alleged that the Centre is not giving the State its due but is deducting thousands of crores of rupees from its account
Chief Minister Hemant Soren on September 9 said if the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party supports him, he can stop functioning of Coal India Limited (CIL), which owes ₹1.5 lakh crore to the Jharkhand government, in the State. Despite that, the Centre is auto-debiting huge funds from Jharkhand's RBI account, Mr. Soren said in the Assembly and attacked the central government for its alleged partisan approach towards non-BJP-ruled states. "If the main opposition party [BJP] supports, I can make a decision to stop the work of Coal India. It owes ₹1.5 lakh crore to the State.More Related News