The Prime Minister in his interaction with Editors said he has no reluctance in appearing before a Joint Parliamentary Committee. He also maintained that coalition politics has its compulsions and he has no thoughts of resigning.
Dr Manmohan Singh asserted that his government was not lame duck nor was he a lame duck Prime Minister. "Our government is dead serious about bringing to book all wrongdoers regardless of the position they occupy," he said.
"I think it's very premature to speculate on the next Prime Minister," Dr Manmohan Singh told NDTV's Prannoy Roy when asked if he would be ready to be the prime ministerial candidate in the next elections.
The Prime Minister said he was not aware of the methodology of the controversial first-come-first-serve (FCFS) policy, followed by former Telecom Minister A Raja, for 2G spectrum allocation.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly rejected any suggestions that his office continued talks with Devas on its controversial deal with Antrix for lease of S-Band spectrum after the Space Commission decided to scrap it. He said that if there has been delay in scrapping the deal, this has been "only procedural".