New Delhi, Oct. 17: Manmohan Singh is being pressured by a section of the Congress to make a statement on the Jamianagar “encounter” in Parliament.

The Congress leaders want the Prime Minister to present details of the “evidence” police have gathered so far, principally from the cellphone records of Mohammed Atif Amin, one of the two suspected terrorists killed in the shootout.

Sources said the UPA allies would first be shown the “evidence” in the next few days so that they were on board before the Prime Minister spoke in the House. Some of the partners, like Lalu Prasad, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sharad Pawar and Amar Singh, have sought a judicial probe into the shootout that came after the Delhi blasts.

The sources said that while the Congress was prepared for the “worst” from the Opposition, it was expedient that the UPA did not expose the differences in its ranks.

Delhi police have shared the “evidence” they have with cabinet ministers and senior leaders who had questioned the veracity of the “encounter”, hoping they would be convinced.

But barring one, all these ministers continue to sound doubtful. They say if the “evidence” is indeed “foolproof”, why did the police sit on it all this while instead of presenting it before the media as Mumbai police had done when they apparently cracked Indian Mujahideen’s “technological brain”?

The Congress is awaiting the Prime Minister’s response when he meets the party’s minority cell members tomorrow. The meeting was scheduled today but had to be called off because of an emergency session of the cabinet committee on security.