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| Coal scandal: Sonia Gandhi |
| Coal scandal: Sonia Gandhi asks Congress MPs to 'fight aggressively'
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| INDIA
, 28-August-2012
5:14:0 AM |
| A day after the Prime Minister said that allegations that his government produced a coal scam worth 1.86 lakh crores are baseless and disputable, Congress president Sonia Gandhi met with party MPs this morning for a counter-offensive against the opposition BJP, which is demanding the PM's resignation over the coal controversy.
For the sixth day, the BJP did not allow Parliament to function, with its members asking for the PM to quit through shouts and placards in both Houses. The Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj met the Speaker after both houses were adjourned, but there were no indications if a resolution had been reached. BJP leaders Gopinath Munde and Shahnawaz Hussain also met Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over the logjam, but no breakthrough emerged, PTI quoted its sources as saying.
Mrs Gandhi said that "blackmail has become the bread and butter of the BJP." Describing the paralysis of Parliament engineered by the BJP as "a matter of shame and regret," she said "this is the handiwork of just one party, the BJP...this once again shows up the scant respect it has for democratic values." Mrs Gandhi has not forgiven BJP leader LK Advani's remark in Parliament earlier this month, when he had described the government as "illegitimate." In a rare display of temper, she had urged her senior ministers to take on Mr Advani at the time. Today, she said, Mr Advani's comment amounts to "mocking the people of India for the convincing mandate they have given us."
The BJP was quick to retaliate to Mrs Gandhi's attack. "We don't need a certificate of responsibility from Congress, we need conduct of accountability from them," said the party's Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Mrs Gandhi's rallying of her troops comes a day after the PM said he "takes full responsibility" for the policies followed by his government in allocating coal fields;
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