Two cabinet ministers in India resigned on Friday over links with corruption claims, plunging the Congress party into crisis.
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned in separate incidents.
Mr Bansal quit after police arrested his nephew for bribery and Mr Kumar stepped down amid claims he influenced a report into the coal industry.
The BBC reports Mr Bansal called for an investigation into the bribery accusations.
"I have always observed the highest standard of probity in public life," he said.
Mr Kumar resigned a day after the Supreme Court accused the government of interfering in a federal investigation into a coal industry scandal.
The report by the Criminal Bureau of Investigation was given to cabinet ministers before it was submitted to court. Judges said the report was changed after government members saw it.
India reportedly lost $US210 billion (£134 billion) by selling the coalfields cheaply.
Opposition parties have demanded that both Mr Kumar and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign for trying to influence the investigation.
The BBC reports Mr Singh denies any wrongdoing and has refused to quit.
Parliament was adjourned on Wednesday until further notice, two days ahead of its scheduled close, after meaningful legislative business became impossible to carry out.
The government has had to postpone economic legislation and a flagship programme to give cheap food to 70% of the population.
