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PM must come under Lokpal ambit, says Digvijay Singh

GUNA/NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday created a flutter by endorsing civil societys demand to bring the prime minister and the higher judiciary under the ambit of Lokpal, taking the government and his party colleagues by surprise. My view is that the prime minister, judiciary, NGOs and industrial houses should also be brought under the ambit of Lokpal. But there should be a system to ensure that the Lokpal does not misuse its power, Singh said at his hometown Raghogarh on Sunday evening, according to agency reports. When I was the Madhya Pradesh chief minister, I had brought the CMs post under the purview of Lokayukta (ombudsman), he said. Although Singh appeared to be critical of the efforts of a few people to exert pressure on the government — seen by many as a reference to the campaign by Anna Hazare -- his statement that PM and higher judiciary should be within Lokpals jurisdiction may embarrass the government.

                                                                                                               
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