Reacting to former coal secretary PC Parakh's allegations on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the coal scam, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, on Tuesday, said Parakh is a 'Sheikh Chilli,' or daydreamer.
"Sheikh chilliyon ke dwara diye gaye kisi bayan par koi comment hum nahi karna chahte (I do not want to comment on statements given by daydreamers)," he told reporters.
The CBI has named Parakh for alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks in 2005 to Hindalco, a firm owned by industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla.
Parakh has said that as Coal Minister, Manmohan Singh took the final decision on the allotments.
The CBI has named Parakh and Birla in its FIR. However, both Birla and Parakh have denied the charges.
Defending the Prime Minister, Jaiswal on Tuesday said that he fully agreed with the statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office on October 19 that the allocation was made following due process of law and the merits of the case.
"I cent per cent agree with the statement issued by the PMO," he said.
The minister, however, refused to comment on the CBI filing the FIR in which Birla was named, saying the inquiry was "being monitored by the Supreme Court."
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