Then power minister Sushilkumar Shinde pushed for Bhushan Energy getting 50% of the reserves

Naveen Jindal-promoted Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and Gagan Sponge Iron got the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in 2007, despite Sushilkumar Shinde, then power minister, pushing the case of Bhushan Energy for the right to 50 per cent of the reserves. Shinde’s recommendations were sent to none other than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.