Title - Opposition: No Parliament till Bansal, Ashwani quit

P Krishnamurthy (with inputs from PTI) | May 7, 2013, 01.12 PM  IST



The opposition is going for the government’s jugular in the wake of the recent scams that have rocked the country. The BJP said it will not allow any bill to be passed in the Parliament until railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and law minister Ashwani Kumar resign or are removed.

The government is keen to pass the National Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill but the opposition made it clear that this will not be cleared until the scam-tainted ministers quit their post.

The BJP chaired a parliamentary party meeting presided by L K Advani and decided that party leaders would meet Speaker Meira Kumar against any move to rush through the legislations amid din.

“There is no question of participating in the proceedings of Parliament till the two ministers — Bansal and Kumar–resign or are removed…We want the National Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill to be passed after proper discussion. We will not allow their hasty passage without discussion amid din,” Deputy Leader of BJP in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde told reporters here.

Bansal is in the eye of a storm after his nephew was arrested by the CBI in a bribery case involving key railway appointments, while Kumar is embroiled in the Coalgate controversy.

Asked if the government tried to push through the key bills amid din, as attempted