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BJP firm on demand for PM's resignation: Sushma

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

"We have not back-tracked on the Prime Minister's resignation. We stick to our demand that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resign accepting moral responsibility for the coal block allocation scam," Swaraj told reporters here.

She said BJP sees "the Prime Minister directly responsible for coal block allocations".

"An independent probe should be conducted in the coal block allocations," she said, adding that all the licenses issued in coal block allocation should be cancelled at once.

The BJP leader further said that she has still not received any indication from Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi on their demands.

"We have asked Sonia Gandhi to cancel the licenses of coal block allocation and to conduct an independent inquiry by a Supreme Court judge," Swaraj said.

Swaraj expressed dismay on the reports that the BJP has backed down from demand on Prime Minister's resignation.

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"The conclusions drawn in the section of media are totally wrong. BJP is adamant on Prime Minister's resignation. There is no question of us backtracking on it," she added.

"We will take to the streets after Parliament session ends on September 7," she said.

Earlier, BJP national spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad also said in Bhopal that the party would continue to demand the Prime Minister's resignation over the issue.

"How can Manmohan Singh remain Prime Minister when CBI is investigating and finding irregularities even in the preliminary probe," Prasad questioned, while addressing mediapersons in Bhopal today. (MORE)

  

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First Published: Sep 02 2012 | 5:15 PM IST

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