VARANASI: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh is not in favour of a strong lokpal that can question the prime minister.
"Unlimited or supreme power cannot be vested in the lokpal to take action against the prime minister who is elected through an electoral process," said Singh while talking to journalists here on Thursday.
He added that a balancing approach is needed to deal with such things while drafting the Lokpal Bill. "The rights of 544 elected representatives of the Parliament cannot be ignored. Nevertheless, the Congress welcomes Anna Hazare's battle against corruption," he said.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi was the first who openly supported Hazare, he said.
"But only Lokpal is not enough to end corruption. Rather some stringent measures are needed to curb this menace," The Right to Information Act should be made more effective, and strict action should be taken against those politicians and bureaucrats whose assets are found more than their declared wealth," Singh said expressing hope that a strict law would come in force to tackle corruption.
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