Question : CONSPIRACY BETWEEN BPCL AND FAIPT



(a) whether the Government is aware that the BPCL in connivance with the President FAIPT had worked against the Government`s objective of disinvestment of BPCL and HPCL;

(b) if so, the facts thereof;

(c) whether BPCL has given undue benefits by way of allowing illegal reconstitutions of petrol pumps at New Delhi and allowing operation of benami petrol pumps in Delhi;

(d) the number of petrol pumps dealerships in Delhi and Haryana being operated under benami transactions with the help of Divisional/Regional Managers of oil companies; and

(e) the action to be taken/proposed to be taken against the guilty and the time by which the enquiry shall be conducted in this regard?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRIMATI SUMITRA MAHAJAN)

(a): No, Sir.

(b): Does not arise.

(c): Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has neither permitted any illegal reconstitution nor allowed benami operation of petrol pumps in Delhi.

(d): No reports have been received of petrol pumps in Delhi and Haryana being operated under benami transactions.

(e): Does not arise in view of `d` above