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Congress backs Manmohan Singh, opposition wants
him to go
Monday May 13, 2013 10:12:01 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
Congress Monday backed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and scotched
rumours that he was going even as the opposition continued to
press for his resignation over faulty allocation of coal blocks.
Dismissing reports that its vice president Rahul Gandhi may
replace Manmohan Singh after a rift between the latter and party
chief Sonia Gandhi over the dropping of two ministers, the
Congress said the prime minister will continue till the 2014
polls.
"We refute such rumours and malicious campaign. No new decision
has to be made in this matter," Congress general secretary
Janardan Dwivedi told reporters to queries if Rahul Gandhi could
replace Manmohan Singh before the monsoon session of parliament in
July-August.
"Manmohan Singh will be prime minister till 2014," he said.
He said the understanding between the prime minister and Congress
president Sonia Gandhi was the most "perfect relationship that can
exist between a party chief and a prime minister".
Dwivedi had said Sunday that the decision to drop railway minister
Pawan Kumar Bansal and law minister Ashwani Kumar was a "joint
decision" of Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi after reports in a
section of the media said that it was at her insistence that the
two ministers were asked to resign.
Bansal had resigned following the arrest of his nephew for
allegedly accepting bribe for fixing a promotion in Railway Board.
Ashwani Kumar quit in the wake of controversy over his vetting the
Central Board of Investigation (CBI) probe report in the
allocation of coal blocks.
The Bharatiya Janata Party demanded the prime minister must resign
owning responsibility for the role his officials in tampering with
the CBI probe report.
"The PM must take responsibility for the role of the PMO officials
in tampering of the CBI draft report on the Coalgate prior to its
submission to the apex court as it is crystal clear that these
officials were trying to save the skin of their master," BJP
spokesperson Syed Shahanwaz Hussain told reporters in Patna.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist said the prime minister must
clarify his position.
"The prime minister and the Prime Minister's Office cannot escape
responsibility for these affairs since during the coal block
allocations, the prime minister was directly looking after the
coal ministry. A joint secretary of the PMO was involved in the
discussions to change the status report of the CBI to the Supreme
Court. The prime minister's image has been tarnished as he is
presiding over such a corrupt regime. The prime minister has to
come out and explain his role and that of his office in both the
coal block allocation case," a CPI-M statement said.
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