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Petrol pumps: probe begins

New Delhi Aug. 23. The Government today began digging for dirt in allotments of petrol pumps and gas agencies done by non-BJP Governments between 1983 and 2000 to apparently see if there had been political favours in giving licences.

``The Government has sought a review of all the allotments made during this period,'' the Petroleum Minister, Ram Naik, told reporters in Mumbai.— PTI

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