Congress will get a reply from people in 2014, says Prakash Karat

KOLKATA: CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat today said that people will not forget the "deeds" of Congress and would give it a befitting reply in 2014 general elections.

"By 2014, Mr Shinde will understand how short public memory really is," Karat said in reply to a question on Union Home Minister Shushil Kumar Shinde's remarks that the coal issue will soon fade away from public memory.

"They said there was zero loss in spectrum, now they are saying there was nothing wrong in coal allocation," Karat said during a press conference here.

"I don't think that people will forget this," Karat said.

Shinde had said in Pune yesterday that the coal issue will soon fade away from public memory as happened in the case of Bofors.

"Earlier Bofors was a talking point. People forgot about it. Now it is coal. This too will be forgotten," Shinde had reportedly said in a lighter vein at a function.