New Delhi, May 28 -- The Congress on Wednesday expressed concern over rampant "illegal coal mining" and the growing drug menace in the North-Eastern states, and accused both the central and the respective state governments of turning a blind eye to these two issues.
The party demanded a CBI probe into the illegal coal mining in the region.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC office here, party Spokesperson Gaurav Gogoi, referred to the ED raids on illegal coal miners without any follow-up action.
Gogoi said he had welcomed these raids as he had himself raised the matter both inside and outside the Parliament.
He claimed that the ED had conducted raids on April 24 in Assam and Meghalaya and seized Rs 1.58 crores in cash besides ...