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Gas price hike from April 1, FIR unconstitutional, says Moily

  •   Fri, Feb 14 2014 12:17:17 PM

New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI): The Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily said on Friday that there was no question of stalling gas price hike from April 1. He also said the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's FIR against him and others was unconstitutional.

Kejriwal had ordered registration of FIRs against Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily and former petroleum minister Murli Deora for conspiring to benefit RIL, leading to higher prices of natural gas.

Following his directive, the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Delhi government registered FIRs against Ambani, Moily and Deora under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Former general manager of hydrocarbons, V K Sibal, and RIL had also been made accused in the case.

Hitting back, Moily had said that fixing of the prices of petroleum products was done as per expert advice. He also said that he took special interest in ensuring that CNG and PNG prices were reduced.

"I think I should sympathise with his ignorance. He should know how the government functions, how these things are done... You should know that I took special interest to ensure that CNG and PNG prices were reduced," Moily said.
  

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  • JANARDHANA ACHARYA, UDIPI/BANGALORE

    Sat, Feb 15 2014

    I AM AN OIL & GAS EXPERT WORKING FOR L&T. I REJECT KERIWAL AT THE VERY FIRST INSTANT. THESE KIND OF SEENS WE HAVE SEEN MANY IN LAST 20 YEARS. SMALL PARTIES MAKING NO RULES AND DECESSIONS BUT FINDING FAULT AND NOT LIVING AND THOSE WHO WANT TO LIVE ALSO THEY WILL NOT ALLOW TO LIVE BY MAKING DHRANAS ETC. SIMPLE FUND OF LIFE IS LIVE LIFE EVERYDAY AND EVERYTHING WILL THICKNES -///...

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  • Frank Sequeira, Mangalore

    Sat, Feb 15 2014

    The gas price hike is perfectly constitutional, you see, as all promises on the eve of elections are.But I can't still figure out what this HM Oily ministry is about.Some get subsidy rightfully, some don't. And the petroleum ministry is harping on COMPLAINTS on DBTL which leaves one perplexed whether one is Compliant or not.Confused, confounded is the common man.

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  • nagesh nayak, bangalore

    Sat, Feb 15 2014

    WHERE ARE THOSE SO CALLED CHELAAS OF ITALIAN WHO ALWAYS CHANT MANTRA OF ITALIAN ,PUPPET AND USELESS YUVARAJA.

    THEIR ITALIAN ,PUPPET AND USELESS YUVARAJA WILL NOT GET MORE THAN 70 SEATS IN COMING LOKSABHA ELECTION.

    MOILY WANTED TO MINT MONEY BEFORE THAT.

    SHAMELESS CREATURES . AFTER FIR ALSO NOT HASITATE TO MINT MONEY.

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  • Tomas Richard, Udupi

    Sat, Feb 15 2014

    Moily is a rubber stamp of Sonia Gandhi... he will do as per Sonia order... Please finish this congress Evil in the next election. Anarchist AAP party is better than corrupt congress

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  • Santhosh DSouza, Mangalore

    Sat, Feb 15 2014

    The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition 2013 has come into force from 1st January 2014. The Mangalore Hassan LPG Pipe Line Project by HPCL is using govt. Machinery to acquire land forcibly, and that too paying only 10% of the Govt. value as compensation. Mr. Moily’s dept. cites Petroleum and Minerals, Pipelines Act, 1962 seeking for acquisition of right of user in land for laying pipelines. Why does not intervene and see that compensation is paid under the UPA’s new act. MRPL was his pet project. Yettinahole is his next project. Mr. Moily will go down in history, only time will tell for what he will be remembered.

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  • shaiKH MOhd RIzwan, Karkala

    Sat, Feb 15 2014

    Dear readers,
    If proved petroleum deals will be the mother of all gates to date.

    Jai hind

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  • Satish Rai, Udupi

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    We have already seen slum dog millionaire.. very soon we will see gas/petrol dog Billionaire..Poor will remain poor only rich becoming rich.

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Cost Audit will reveal the real cost of production & weird taxation system which taxes petroleum products on liter or kilo basis than percentage as the norm in other commodities at present.
    All cooking gas is not produced from wells, but LPG is the outcome of cracking crude oil in refineries which produces many bye products as well. But cost is arrived as if only gas is produced from a barrel of crude or international market price, with assumed loss subsidized by government benefiting Oil companies rather than benefiting common man.
    Oily Moily has once again proved he is Disaster causing Ecological Damage Minister of irreversible scale through record clearance of files to facilitate Industrialists in the name of development.
    Gujarat CM track record is no different from present UPA as far as industrial friendly gestures at the cost of common agriculturists as exposed by several scams not investigated with no Lokayukta in that state till today!
    Whoever comes to power only beneficiaries are Big Corporates. Aspirations of People are taken for a ride & is aired only on the eve of Elections.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    If what Kejrival says is true better to expose the culprit because nobody has the right to build the empire at the cost of killing poverty of the gas users mainly poor.Thanq.

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Looking at the Industrialist Politicians nexus, to loot public, it seems nationalizing core sector is a better option.
    BJP & Congress are collaborating to oppose Jan Lokpal bill tabled by AAP
    And to carve out Telangana from A.P. The real picture is exposed.

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  • N.Gafoor, Nooralbettu (Karkala)/Bangalore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Mathadararige 9 gas 1 varushakke...Moilyge 12 gas 1 monthge...

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  • Kannadiga, Mangalore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    At least AAP has the guts to file an FIR against these corrupt politicians...... Wake up Indians wake up before we are too late.

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  • umesh derebail, Mangalore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Supply Bangladesh at $ 2.34 per MMBTU for 25 years and charging $ 4.2 for domestic consumers is itself a big let down, now they are seeking $ 8.4 per mmbtu, which is sedition. Come on guys wake up you will be crushed by the inflationary pressure that it exerts on all commodities. Can you allow 500% profiteering on domestically produced natural resource. Think

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  • amarnath, bantwal

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    That will be a real shock to aam aadmi of India, that we are supplying gas to bangladesh@ Rs 2.5.
    That real face of congress i mean sonia madam sorry i mean, madam is more interested like cast/ religion and gay sex masters.

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  • D.PRASAD, UDUPI

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    THIS MAY BE THE LAST GIFT BY CONGRESS LED UPA GOVT. WHICH HAS MADE COUNTRY POOR. IF CONGRESS COME TO POWER NEXT TIME SURE THEY WILL SELL THIS COUNTRY NO DOUBT.

    BJP WILL COME TO POWER AND MODIJI WILL BE OUR NEXT PM.

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  • Indian, Mangalore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    According to Moily supplying Gas to Bangladesh at Rs. 2.5 is constitutional??????

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  • Rion, udupi

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Vote bank politics. There are lot of Bengalis in Kolkata from Bangladesh.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Mr Moily saab is giving a hint towards Kejirewal Govt that it's survival is not beyond March 14 ,it says soo....

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  • William, Bantwal

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Dear Moilybhai, when FIR becomes constitutional with the help of AAP & others, everything will go well, prices will come down, production will increase, but ministers and other concerned guys will have to go to jail for chakki fissing.

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Oye Moilijee, forget about LP Gas or other form of Gas trouble. But did you hear what Kejriwal reveled recently. I thought MPs’ and MLA’s from our region at least are not corrupt, but now I bite my tongue hesitantly. Few CONgiss Leaders from Kar_Nataka always claimed and dancing on the road that Natural resources are looted by Reddy Brothers, but I still failed to understand what DKS, LAD Brothers and now Great Moily did in their life!!!

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    1.Moily too has 'Seen the C Voter survey'.
    2.Knows it's a 'Gone -Case'
    3.Why bother about F.I.R....
    Now for all it's a matter of 'Suit-Case'.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mapusa

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    You guys also did the LAMBADA when BJP came into power in Karnataka and we all know what happened...

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Fri, Feb 14 2014

    Joss- Don't let your logic go for a Toss.
    For a change, please 'Think' even if for the 'First Time'. This is about 'Gas Hike'. Without knowing this don't Hike yours and leave Gas.

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  • tony d'souza, mangalore/usa

    Sat, Feb 15 2014

    do u mean to say now the position is better.is worst than bjp in all fields.house tax is on the verge of increase.trade taxes are increased 10 folds.still saying cong is better is nothing but foolishness

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