BJP leaders involved in illegal coal mining in Assam, other NE states, says AJP

GUWAHATI: A section of leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are behind the scene of illegal coal mining, especially rat-hole mining in Assam and other northeastern states, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) has alleged.

This was alleged by Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) in a set of memorandums submitted to President, Vice president, Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India (CJI), National Green Tribunal (NGT) and Opposition leader in Rajya Sabha and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on February 17.

The regional party alleged that illegal coal mining, especially rat-hole mining, continued in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland under the very nose of the police, forest and administration even as there was a blanket ban on rat-hole mining by the NGT in 2014.