The Congress and the BJP are blaming each other for the Parliament jam. In fact, both are responsible for the same.

The UPA II government which is completely submerged in to the scams one after another is in a blind alley. Though it very well knows that it has no tangible defence in view of the evidence and proof of its involvement coming up, it has taken an offensive position as per the old saying that offence is the best form of defence. Its slogan of ‘zero loss’ to government which it raised in the 2G scam, is repeated in the Coal Gate, even after it was exposed in the earlier. It is defending the indefensible. And the parliament jam suits it best, so that more and more wrong doings are not exposed through the Parliament. Though the opposition would have allowed Parliament to function, if the coal block allocations have been cancelled and and a judicial enquiry ordered, the Congress refused, since the jam was most suitable to it.

The position of the  main opposition party BJP is not different. What it has done during the NDA regime is well before us. It does not want the old cases to come up, which certainly will be there if a detailed discussion takes place. Further it is playing politics instead of trying to find out and expose the culprits.

It was the only the Left and some non-congress, non-BJP parties which have taken  a correct position demanding that the Coal block allocations should be immediately cancelled, the guilty to be booked and the parliament debate on these issues to avoid such scams in future.  But both the Congress and UPA were not in favour since both were only playing politics.