NDA will come to power at the Centre: BJP's Anant Kumar

KHANDWA (MP): BJP general secretary Anant Kumar said here today that people were talking about BJP's prime ministerial candidates as they are fully aware that the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA) would come to power at the centre.

"People are talking such things as they are fully aware that BJP-led NDA is coming to power at the Centre," he told reporters when asked about Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's comment on Lok Sabha opposition leader Sushma Swaraj on the issue.

He said that the alleged coal scam was not due to the corruption of the ruling coalition, but that of the Congress. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must resign owning moral responsibility for the scam which has cost the exchequer a loss of Rs 1.89 lakh crore, he said.

He demanded cancellation of all 145 mines allotted without inviting bids as well as an impartial probe into the matter.

He said that since DMK ministers A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran allegedly involved in the 2G scam and Suresh Kalmadi of the Congress allegedly involved in the Commonwealth Games scam were forced to resign from the cabinet, the prime minister too should also resign on moral grounds in the coal block allocation scam.