Ex-Coal Secretary Claims He Faced Undue Pressure from PMO and Minister Pradhan, Book Reveals
• Prime Minister's close aide A.K. Sharma allegedly pressured ex-coal secretary Anil Swarup for an "illegal favour" for an industrialist • Swarup refused to oblige and was subsequently transferred out of the ministry • In his new book, Swarup alleges privileged power producers pressed for cheap coal supply • Swarup says he faced pressure from PMO to supply coal to these privileged companies • Book also states that Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan created problems in Odisha to further his own political ambitions