Delhi: Cong leaders commence their March from AICC office to Dr. Manmohan Singh's residence https://t.co/Tl6nxZjMU7 — ANI (@ANI_news) March 12,

Congress working committee members and MPs arrive at AICC HQ in Delhi pic.twitter.com/zqPer9c80b — ANI (@ANI_news) March 12, 2015

NEW DELHI: Congress leaders led by Sonia Gandhi on Thursday took out a march from the AICC headquarters at 24, Akbar Road, to the residence of Manmohan Singh to express solidarity with the former prime minister, who has been summoned as accused by a court in a coal scam case."Manmohan Singhji is a former PM, he is known not only in our country but the world, he's a man of integrity," the Congress chief said."The Congress party is fully behind him. We will fight the matter legally and we are sure he will be vindicated," Sonia Gandhi added.The Thursday's march assumes significance as it takes place a day after former prime minister Manmohan Singh was summoned in the coal blocks allocation scam.The former prime minister, however, on Wednesday said that he is open to legal scrutiny and truth will prevail in the matter.Earlier on Wednesday, a special court in Delhi summoned the former prime minister, former coal secretary PC Parakh, industrialist Kumar Manglam Birla and three others in the coal blocks allocation case.The court summoned them for offences of criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and under provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act. They have all been asked to appear in court on the April 8.The case pertains to allocation of Talabira II coal block in Odisha to M/s Hindalco in 2005, when the then Prime Minister Singh was holding the coal portfolio.(With inputs from agencies.)