Unfazed by the Opposition attack, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today dismissed the demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the coalgate issue.

“Let them ask” was the terse response of Gandhi when approached by reporters on the issue after a meeting of the Congress Core Group headed by her.

The meeting of the Core Group was convened immediately after both Houses were adjourned over the issue for half-an-hour in the morning.

The meeting, which was also attended by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath, discussed the strategy ahead in wake of the Opposition reviving its attack on the Government on the coalgate issue and bringing the Prime Minister as well under the target.

Keeping up the heat on the Government, BJP today demanded the resignation of Prime Minister on the coalgate issue.

Gandhi had yesterday also given an indication of the aggression in Congress’ response to the Opposition’s charges.

Addressing an alumni meet of NSU, she had asked partymen to fight back by not allowing its opponents “to get away with propagating negative impressions’’.

“Why should we allow our opponents to get away with propagating negative impressions? You should ask them: “what have you or your party done to change things in our country ?” I have no doubt that they have no credible answer,” Gandhi had said.

In the Lok Sabha, soon after Speaker Meira Kumar made a reference to Panchayati Raj Day, the Opposition members today rushed to the Well raising slogans and waving placards on various issues.

BJP members rushed to the Well demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister over the issue of coal blocks allocation.

Shouting slogans, they also demanded the dismissal of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who is alleged to have vetted the CBI report to the Supreme Court.

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