New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today refused to comment on BJP's charge that Congress is silent on the Nandigram violence, saying these issues are being discussed in Parliament.

"These matters are being discussed in Parliament. I would not like to comment," he told reporters when asked to comment on BJP's charge. "All these things will come up in Parliament," he said at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the sidelines of presentation of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize.

Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi had alleged that Congress is quiet on Nandigram either to save the UPA government led by it at the Centre or to make the CPI-M soften its stand on the Indo-US nuclear deal.

While opposition BJP and Trinamool Congress have been pressing for an immediate debate on the matter by suspending the Question Hour, the Left parties were maintaining that they would not allow the issue to be raised, saying it is a "state subject".

Source : PTI