Shillong, Jan. 28 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to constitute a fact-finding committee to investigate illegal coal mining activities in Meghalaya.

The party, a constituent of the National People's Party-led MDA 2.0 government, has vowed to unearth the coal illegalities that have plagued the state for years.

The BJP's move follows a familiar pattern in Meghalaya politics, where calls for probes into corruption and illegal activities are often made during election campaigns, but rarely lead to concrete action.

BJP state president Rikman G Momin admitted that the party lacks a report on illegal mining, but assured that the fact-finding committee would be constituted soon.

The party had previously attacked the MDA govern...