In hard hitting comments, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha also said the Prime Minister's Office should be judged by standards "much harsher" than those which would apply to ministers like A Raja who had to resign over the controversial 2G spectrum license allocation.
Making it clear that BJP was not ready to give up its offensive against the prime minister over CAG report on coal block allocation, Jaitley said suggestions to debate the issue only in Parliament "will put a lid on one of the greatest scandals in Indian history."
"It has been suggested that since the Prime Minister himself was the Coal Minister, we should assume that this decision was fair. The Prime Minister