PM should come within ambit of Lokpal: Digvijay Singh

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today made a U-turn on his statement that Prime Minister should come within the ambit of Lokpal saying he will go with the view of the party and the joint drafting committee on it.

"My stand is the same as that of the party.  Let the Lokpal drafting committee decide. I will go with that decision and the decision of the party," he told reporters.

He was asked about his yesterday's statement to reporters in Guna in Madhya Pradesh that the Prime Minister, judiciary, NGOs and industrial houses should also be brought under the ambit of the Lokpal. But there should be a system to ensure that Lokpal does not not misuse its power, he said.

While the civil society members of the joint drafting committee have demanded inclusion of Prime Minister under the scrutiny of the proposed anti-corruption watch dog, the ministerial members of the committee have expressed their reservations over such a proposal.

The government view is that such a provision would lead to undermining the office of the Prime Minister with the possibility of frivolous allegations being made against the incumbent.