Coalgate: Minister admits recommending firm to PMO

New Delhi: Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai on Friday admitted to having written a recommendation letter to the PMO over allocating coal blocks to SKS Ispat.

He told CNN-IBN that he does write letters of recommendation as a representative of Jharkhand.

Denying any links with SKS Ispat, he said his brother had no stake in the company and that he is just a consultant.

CNN-IBN had earlier reported that SKS Ispat was under the CBI scanner for coal block allocations.