<p>“Whatever I may have said about coalition dharma I think should not in any way convey the impression that I am not in favour of following strictly the dictates of our constitution,” Manmohan Singh said at the India Today Conclave, responding to a question on whether following a coalition dharma was against following the constitution and the people's aspirations. <br /><br />“It goes without saying all of us are bound to follow the constitution of the country, and therefore nothing that I have said is inconsistent with following the dictates of our constitution. I have taken an oath to defend the constitution and law of our country,” he said. <br /><br />The prime minister, in an interaction with editors last month, had cited the compulsion of coalition politics behind A. Raja continuing as communications minister. <br /><br />"In a coalition government you can suggest your preferences but you have to go by what the leader of a particular coalition party ultimately insists,” the prime minister had told the editors in reply to questions surrounding the 2G spectum scam and continuation of A. Raja as the telecom minister. <br /><br />Raja, who quit last November, has been arrested by the CBI, which is probing the 2G allocation scam. </p>
<p>“Whatever I may have said about coalition dharma I think should not in any way convey the impression that I am not in favour of following strictly the dictates of our constitution,” Manmohan Singh said at the India Today Conclave, responding to a question on whether following a coalition dharma was against following the constitution and the people's aspirations. <br /><br />“It goes without saying all of us are bound to follow the constitution of the country, and therefore nothing that I have said is inconsistent with following the dictates of our constitution. I have taken an oath to defend the constitution and law of our country,” he said. <br /><br />The prime minister, in an interaction with editors last month, had cited the compulsion of coalition politics behind A. Raja continuing as communications minister. <br /><br />"In a coalition government you can suggest your preferences but you have to go by what the leader of a particular coalition party ultimately insists,” the prime minister had told the editors in reply to questions surrounding the 2G spectum scam and continuation of A. Raja as the telecom minister. <br /><br />Raja, who quit last November, has been arrested by the CBI, which is probing the 2G allocation scam. </p>