Moily transferred officer for raising queries over gas pricing: CPI.
CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta has claimed that a senior Petroleum Ministry officer was transferred by Minister M Veerappa Moily over the recent gas price hike issue. Dasgupta made these claims in a letter to the PM Manmohan Singh saying that Moily decided to get rid of bureaucrats who stood up to him.
New Delhi:
CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta has claimed that a senior Petroleum Ministry officer was transferred by Minister M Veerappa Moily over the recent gas price hike issue. Dasgupta made these claims in a letter to the PM Manmohan Singh saying that Moily decided to get rid of bureaucrats who stood up to him.
Dasgupta, who has been opposing the government's decision to raise natural gas prices, said Moily has "decided to get rid of inconvenient bureacrats who are standing up to him. By this order, the mala fide of the Petroleum Minister is completely established".
He said by "abruptly" transferring the bureaucrat, who was Joint Secretary (Exploration) for over one-and-a-half years, "the government loses the expertise that the officer had gained in the subject.
