Coalscam: SP declines to comment on PM's resignation demand

Says Chinese incursion issue is being sidelined

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 30 2013 | 3:34 PM IST
Samajwadi Party today declined to comment on BJP's demand for the Prime Minister's resignation over the coal scam issue, saying "every party has its own opinion".

"We have said it earlier also. The CBI director himself has admitted it so what is there to say?" SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav told reporters outside Parliament.

He was asked to give his party's view on BJP's demand for resignation of the government over the coal allocation case.

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On Supreme Court's observation about the CBI's role in the case, he said, "Unless the Supreme Court gives its judgement on coal allocation issue, we will not be able to say anything."

He, however, said the "Country's border is in danger and the nation is facing a security threat but no one is saying anything on that. Everyone is talking of its own political interest."

Asked his view on the demand for PM's resignation, Yadav said, "I do not have any view on this.
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First Published: Apr 30 2013 | 3:05 PM IST

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