PM ready to take on Oppn on coal-gate: Cong

August 23, 2012 09:18

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

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.

There was a feeling in the Congress that the BJP was deliberately stalling parliament so as to prevent the prime minister from speak on the issue.

The Congress has already rejected the BJP demand for the prime minister's resignation.

The house was adjourned for the second successive day on Wednesday over Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on coal blocks allocation.

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