Coalgate: Ministers rush to defend PM

The government has nothing to hide, Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said.

"As far as the government is concerned, we have made it very clear that the allocation of coal blocks have been made to public sector undertakings and also to some of the private sector on the recommendation of the state governments," he told reporters here.

The chief secretaries of state governments where coal blocks are available are members of the committee.

"The committee has cleared it (coal blocks allocation)," the minister said.