Coalgate: No question of my resignation: Manmohan

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said that there was no question of his resignation over the controversy related to the CAG report on coal block allocation. He said: "I have to maintain the dignity of the office of PM." The PM also asked the BJP to stop the diversionary politics and stop disrupting Parliament.

"I can't indulge in slanging match, it's better to stay silent," said PM Manmohan Singh, while returning to India from Tehran after attending the NAM summit.

The Prime Minister arrived in New Delhi on Friday after a four-day visit to Tehran during which he attended the 16h summit meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement and held bilateral meetings with the presidents of Iran and Pakistan.

At the meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday, Manmohan Singh said that expeditiously concluding the trial of the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attack would be the biggest confidence building measure between the two neighbours.