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Supreme Court exonerates Manmohan Singh in coal block case
The Supreme Court has given a complete posthumous clean chit to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Talabira-II coal block allocation case in Odisha. A special court had issued summonses to…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court has given a complete posthumous clean chit to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Talabira-II coal block allocation case in Odisha. A special court had issued summonses to Singh and others in 2015, but the Supreme Court stayed proceedings and later delivered the final verdict clearing him.
Shiv Sena (UBT) welcomed the verdict and demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, the party called Singh 'Mr Clean' and said he never needed judicial validation to prove his integrity. It criticised the 20-year delay in the case and described the allegations as politically motivated.
The Indian Opinion
The posthumous clearance of Manmohan Singh exposes two troubling narratives: one of political witch-hunts and another of a glacial legal system. Both sides will use this to score points, but the real issue is that a former PM spent years under a cloud of allegations only to be vindicated after his death. Will the BJP now apologise, or will this become just another round of blame games? The public deserves more than political theatre.
Source: thehansindia.com
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