The Indian Parliament is in an impasse, with the country's ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the opposition parties, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), at loggerheads since it resumed its Budget Session last week.

Both the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) and the Lower House (Lok Sabha) were again adjourned Tuesday after the BJP made it clear that it will not let the Parliament function till two senior Indian ministers resign, thus spelling out openly non-cooperation with the government.

While Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has been accused of interfering in the coal scam probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation, Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is embroiled in a corruption case, involving his nephew who was caught taking bribe to fix a top-level job in the Railways Ministry.

The government, on the other hand, blames the opposition parties, mainly the BJP, for holding the Parliament to ransom by not allowing it to function and thus not letting to pass two key bills -- the Food Security Bill, which will ensure basic foods at cheaper prices for the poor, and the Land Acquisition Bill.

"The United Progressive Alliance believes that hunger should be removed and food security be ensured. It's extremely sad and most unfortunate that certain sections of the opposition believe that it is not hunger that should be removed, but it is the hungry who should be removed," Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told the media in the national capital.

But nothing, except resignations of the two ministers, seems to pacify the opposition.

"There is no question of participating in the proceedings of Parliament till the two ministers -- Bansal and Kumar -- resign or are removed. We want the National Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill to be passed after proper discussion. We will not allow their hasty passage without discussion amid din," BJP's Deputy Leader of Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde told the media.

He added: "If they give their resignation or Congress relieves them from the Cabinet, then we will pass both the bills in Parliament."

The Food Security Bill is the brainchild of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to provide food at subsidized rate to 800 million people across India.

Experts say that the bill is aimed at the rural and urban poor vote bank even though it will be a burden on the country's exchequer, keeping in view the next year's general elections where the Congress, which is entangled in a series of scams, wants to score brownie points. And, the opposition, being aware of the bill 's electoral implications, has been trying its best to stall it.