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Coalgate: Ministers rush to defend PM

New Delhi: Three Union Ministers on Thursday  came out in defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the coal allocation case, saying he needs no certificate of honesty and that the allotments were made on

On the booking of Birla and Parakh, Narayanasamy, whose ministry deals with the CBI on administrative matters, said, "I do not want to go into merits of anything."

"Some of my colleagues also made some observations. The kind of trend is coming is not good for the country. That much alone I can say," the minister said.