Coal Scam: Stormy Session Likely in Parliament Again

"If scams keep happening with such regularity, we owe it to the people to demand the Prime Minister's resignation," Prasad said.

"This whole alibi of shifting the blame on states (on coal allocation) is completely untenable and motivated," Prasad said.

BJP also rubbished Congress' claim that the screening committee formed to look into the coal block allocations was opposed to auctions. Prasad said the decision has to get the assent of the PM and hence he is complicit.

Prasad said the decision to go for auction of coal blocks was taken in 2004 but it has not been implemented though eight years have passed.

The BJP leader said though the process did not start, the value of shares went up bringing "windfall gains" to those who were allocated the coal blocks.

Asked why BJP was not agreeing to a debate on coal allocation issue, the party maintained it does not bear the required results as discussions had taken place in Parliament on 2G spectrum issue, alleged involvement of then finance minister P Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis deal and the Commonwealth Games scams but nothing much was done.