PM should own up responsibility coal scam

PM should own up responsibility coal scam

New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday said the "public discussion" between the Attorney General and the Solicitor General reinforces the view that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to confess "responsibility" in the coal scam and quit. "The public dispute between the Attorney General and the Attorney General on the form, which is pressurized to whom the CBI report in coalgate not only sad, but also very, very unfortunate," BJP Rajya Sabha Deputy Chief Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters.

BJP Parliamentary Group on Tuesday discussed the issue of the letter was thrown by the Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval to Attorney General GE Vahanvati in which he claims that he has made a "scapegoat" in the subject. Prasad said that so far it was reported that Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar and officials from the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of coal were involved in vetting the report of the CBI on the issue of coal, but now even the senior government legal officials have been "collusion in the commitment of constitutional institutions."


"This is a serious matter. This further strengthens our demand that the prime minister must take responsibility and resign," he said, adding that the justice minister should also resign. The BJP leader alleged that these officers of the law did not tell the truth to the highest court of the CBI report. The group also discussed Chinese incursions and strategy in Parliament on the Finance Bill.

BJP has decided that after opposition leader in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj written reasons for the agitation of the BJP in both houses and why they are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister, the party will stage a strike and let the government to approve the Finance Act, Appropriations Act, Rail Budget and Grants demands.

The opposition also demands the removal of JPC Chairman PC Chacko to act in a "supporter harmful" form in the draft report on 2G scam. BJP has expressed anger over the load in the report of Chacko that telecommunications policy, approved by the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee had caused a loss of Rs 42,000 crore to the exchequer.

At the meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Group also discussed Chinese incursions. "The Chinese have dangerous intentions, but the Indian government is taking the matter very lightly. This matter should be taken seriously. Ask the government to tell us what the defense team and the technology is being used to make against the Chinese, "said Prasad.