Mamata: With UPA on PM under Lokpal purview
June 21, 2011  18:22

As the last meeting of the Lokpal panel ended today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she stood with the UPA over the issue of the inclusion of the Prime Minister or the Chief Justice of India in the ambit of Lokpal,

"It is not a big question...whether Prime Minister or Chief Justice is included, it hardly matters. Do you think that inclusion of one person will strengthen the fight against corruption?" she asked.

However, she also said that in case the Prime Minister was included in the ambit of Lokpal, "I have no problem. I am with the UPA."

In an apparent dig at civil society, she had yesterday said: "Our party is against corruption. But we are also against creating drama."

To another question, Banerjee said "if anyone says all politicians are corrupt, then let them join politics."

Pressing for a comprehensive package to check the menace of corruption at all levels, Trinamool Congress chief demanded that the moneys illegally stashed abroad should be brought back.

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