New Delhi, Sept. 2: The Congress today waded into the BJP government reshuffle by seeking an answer from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the media speculation about the possibility of some ministers being dropped because of corruption charges.

Arguing that removal from the ministry wasn't enough and legal action should follow, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said: "There are reports that some ministers are being dropped because there was evidence of corruption against them. The Prime Minister should reveal their names and the details of corruption they were involved in. Was it the medical college scam or Srijan?"

Singhvi added: "Reports suggest the CBI recorded the conversation of a minister in the medical college scam and the agency has also given a report to the Prime Minister. Who is this minister? What was his involvement in the case? The case cannot be hushed up simply by removing them from the ministry. A case should be filed after a preliminary inquiry."

The Congress spokesperson said the Modi government's track record on corruption was bad as no action had been taken in cases such as the Vyapam recruitment scam, the Panama papers, the Sahara-Birla diaries and several graft cases in Maharashtra.

"The names of Opposition leaders facing charges are publicised. How can secrecy be allowed (in the case of) the ministers involved in corruption? The Modi government's fight against corruption is driven by partisan political agenda," Singhvi said.

While the names of several BJP leaders, including a few central ministers from Bihar, have been doing the rounds in the Srijan scam in which government funds for welfare schemes were allegedly misappropriated, the medical college scandal was said to have been hushed up at the initial stage.

There were barely a few reports in the media suggesting that the CBI had arrested three persons on the charge of using unfair means to get clearance for The World College of Medical Sciences in Jhajjar, Haryana, which was under the government scanner for not meeting the criteria required for a licence. A case had been registered.

The Aam Aadmi Party raised the issue at a news conference, saying the college had been barred from admitting students by the Supreme Court for having sub-standard facilities and for failing to meet the required criteria.

The party also alleged that "the deal for lifting the ban involved a huge sum of money, which was to be paid to a senior-most functionary in the health ministry via a journalist". The journalist lost his job after the scandal was reported.

The Congress also lapped up the outburst of Nana Patole, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra, who yesterday said at a programme in Nagpur that Modi did not like to be questioned.

Several Marathi channels and newspapers, including an English daily, reported that Patole had claimed the Prime Minister got "very angry" when he raised issues concerning farmer suicides and Other Backward Classes welfare.

Patole was quoted as having said: "Modi doesn't like to take any questions and had got very angry when I raised some issues about the OBC ministry and farmer suicides at a meeting of BJP MPs. When Modi is asked questions, he asks you if you have read the party manifesto and are aware of various government schemes. I had made certain suggestions at the meeting like raising green tax... and more central investment in agriculture. Modi got angry and asked me to shut up."

The Congress posted the report on its website with the comment: "A good leader is also a good listener, while a dictator is not. Also, we think a little pranayama will help."

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been criticising the Prime Minister on this ground, saying "Modi listens to nobody and has presumed that he knows everything".

Congress communications chief Randeep Surjewala tweeted: "Questioning the PM on farmer suicide or OBC welfare is a sin. BJP MP Nana Patole learns it the hard way."

Gujarat leader Shaktisinh Gohil also posted the news report on his Twitter handle along with the comment: "BJP cadres should be ashamed to have such a leader."