Parliament deadlock continues, both Houses adjourned

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 11:11

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Tags: Bharatiya Janata Party, Manmohan Singh, Coal blocks allocation, Coalgate scam, CAG report

Parliament deadlock continues, both Houses adjourned

Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: Parliament continued to remain stalled for the third consecutive day on Thursday, with opposition members led by the BJP trooping to the Well of the House demanding PM’s resignation over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation.

Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 12 noon amid slogan shouting.

An adamant BJP has been persistent with its demand that nothing less than PM Manmohan Singh's resignation would satisfy them. It disrupted proceedings in both the Houses on Tuesday and Wednesday as well.

The BJP on Wednesday raised the level of confrontation with the government with its members walking out of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam when its demand for summoning the Prime Minister and Finance Minister P Chidambaram and key PMO officials was not heeded too.

Meanwhile, amid talks of a divide within the NDA over disruption of Parliament JD-U leader Sharad Yadav said they are with the BJP on the issue.

Yadav, who is also the NDA convener, had yesterday favoured discussions in the two Houses on the coal block allocation issue.

The BJP has gone on the offensive on its demand for Prime Minister's resignation on the ground that former telecom minister A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran had to quit after 2G scam surfaced.

Trashing BJP's demand, Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said, "There is no question of the Prime Minister resigning... Prime Minister's image is very clean...Nobody turns an accused or delinquent only by BJP's allegations".

With the BJP insisting on his resignation over faulty coal blocks allocation, Prime Minister Singh is ready to make a strong rebuttal of the charges, Congress sources said.

They said the Prime Minister would seek to turn the tables on the opposition in his statement by pointing out that state governments of non-United Progressive Alliance constituents had given in writing that there should not be an auction of the coal blocks.

"The Prime Minister is ready with a reply," a party leader said.

(With Agency inputs)

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First Published: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 09:07

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RSChauhan - Rewari(Haryana)
Even if CMs of opposition parties recommended the sale of bloacks without auction and PM was aware that there will be loss to exchequar than why he has not communicated to those CMs or over ruled their advice.Can PM sales his property on the recommendation of opposition on through away prices.He must have the same pain like his own property for the Nations property.He might be oblidging the CMs in this BUNDER-BANT giving their share.Where is honesty?I gave bail to my corrupt son but I am honest is not acceptable.Cong party seems obviously corrupt as they are behing Ramdev and Anna using all malpractices and not taking action againt miniters who selling the country and becom billianare in one terms of election.

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Pradeep Jadvan - Ahmedabad
If all decesions are made by the advise of BJP RULED states , Then why you are sitting in the chair of PM,You must vacate the chair for opposition parties.

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lalit agarwal - gangtok
The clarifications given by the prime minister and congress party that it was the BJP ruled states which had opposed the auctions of process and on the recommendations of the states the entire process was approved as proposed by the states. Now the question is that is our central coal minister and prime minister a rubber stamp, which has so many advisers?