Government promises to protect public interest in gas row
By IANSMonday, August 3, 2009
NEW DELHI - The government will do everything to protect public interest which is its legal obligation, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told Lok Sabha in a statement over the distribution of gas from Krishna-Godavari Basin by Reliance Industries Limited.
“We have nothing to do with the private dispute of companies or individuals,” Deora said Monday in a statement, amidst protests from the opposition benches.
At present, there is a dispute between Reliance Industries and the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Natural Resources over gas from the KG basin in Andhra Pradesh.
The minister said the government’s position had “only to do with public interest”.
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