1.   Netanyahu, who plans to quit parliament, still occupied his old chair as the leader of the nation, surrounded by many of his former Cabinet ministers.

2.   According to the law, when a deputy quits parliament, his party gets to appoint a new deputy.

3.   Barak also surprised Israelis by announcing he was stepping down as head of the Labor Party, quitting parliament and leaving politics for a while.

4.   He claimed the resignation letter on which parliament acted was a forged version of the original he signed, and insisted that he did not want to quit parliament.

5.   Nearly all the opposition lawmakers have quit parliament.

6.   Netanyahu, who quit the parliament after the last election, cannot run because he is not a member of parliament, as required by the law.

7.   V.P. Singh, an ailing former prime minister whose anti-corruption crusade brought down the government of the late Rajiv Gandhi, has quit parliament.

8.   Advani quit parliament and refused to contest the polls, saying he wanted to clear his name.

9.   Advani said he had quit parliament to pave the way for a speedy trail which he expected to clear his name.

10.   BJP president Lal Krishna Advani and two other opposition MPs have also quit parliament for their involvement in the scandal.