KC Venugopal further questioned, "Why was this question pulled out? What forced this abrupt deletion? Who is the government trying to protect?"
Published Aug 06, 2025 | 4:18 PM ⚊ Updated Aug 06, 2025 | 4:19 PM
File photo of KC Venugopal in Lok Sabha. (Screengrab)
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Wednesday, 6 August, claimed that the starred questions in Lok Sabha on the Auction of Offshore Mining Blocks, listed in the name of two ruling party MPs, were removed.
Taking to X, he wrote: “Today, the very first starred question in Lok Sabha on the Auction of Offshore Mining Blocks, listed in the name of two ruling party MPs, miraculously vanished.”
Noting that they have persistently raised the issue of the environmental dangers, the absence of socio-economic impact assessments, and the opaque auction process, the MP said, “I had raised it in the last session through a Calling Attention Motion, and several MPs have raised it on multiple occasions & we have been submitting questions in this session also.”
“Today, we were expecting the Government to offer some clarity and accountability. But shockingly, after uploading the question list in the public domain, the question was mysteriously withdrawn at the last minute without any explanation,” he added.
KC Venugopal further questioned, “Why was this question pulled out? What forced this abrupt deletion? Who is the government trying to protect? Was it because the Government’s dubious offshore mining policy was about to be exposed in broad daylight? This kind of procedural manipulation raises serious questions about transparency and the state of our democracy.”
Today, the very first starred question in Lok Sabha on the Auction of Offshore Mining Blocks, listed in the name of two ruling party MPs, miraculously vanished.
We have persistently raised this issue – the environmental dangers, the absence of socio-economic impact assessments,… pic.twitter.com/WMEZXNImUn
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) August 6, 2025
