New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (NT): The Congress party on Tuesday demanded explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his accusations on his predecessor Manmohan Singh over a 'secret meeting with Pakistani officials'

Ghulam Nabi Azad, The leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha,stated Dr Manmohan Singh ji's integrity and loyalty to the country has been questioned. The prime minister should come in the House and make it clear."

Amid Congress' hue and cry in the Rajya Sabha, Union Finance Minister and Leader of the House Arun Jaitley said, "We will certainly invite all my colleagues, including leader of the opposition and try and discuss, find a solution to the issue."

The opposition party Congress sought after a debate on the issue under rule number 267 of Rajya Sabha's rule book, but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu discarded all the notices.

During a poll campaign in Gujarat, Prime Minister claimed that Manmohan Singh, former vice president Hamid Ansari were present at a secret meeting in Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's house in Delhi in which Pakistani representative and foreign minister of the neighboring nation also participated.

Modi said the former director general of the Pakistan Army, Arshad Rafiq, had persisted that Congress leader Ahmed Patel should be made the chief minister of Gujarat.