{"id":31180,"date":"2013-12-17T18:11:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T12:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31180"},"modified":"2013-12-17T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T12:41:07","slug":"bring-pm-lokpal-says-ravi-shankar-prasad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bring-pm-lokpal-says-ravi-shankar-prasad","title":{"rendered":"Bring PM under Lokpal, says Ravi Shankar Prasad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/bring-pm-lokpal-says-ravi-shankar-prasad\/gg-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31181\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bring-pm-lokpal-says-ravi-shankar-prasad\/gg-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg1.jpg?fit=252%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"252,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg1.jpg?fit=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg1.jpg?fit=252%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31181 alignright\" alt=\"gg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gg1-150x119.jpg?resize=150%2C119&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg1.jpg?resize=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg1.jpg?w=252&amp;ssl=1 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the prime minister should be brought under the Lokpal bill while supporting the anti-graft legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister should come under it,\u201d BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said while speaking during a debate on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had offered to be under the Lokpal bill,\u201d he said while supporting the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would send a strong message,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked social activist Anna Hazare for pushing the government on the need to bring in such a bill.<\/p>\n<p>Stating that there had been a delay, he said the government could have passed the bill in 2011 itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe supported the Lokpal bill. Why could you not pass it in 2011 itself?\u201d asked Prasad.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that the select committee of the Rajya Sabha unanimously agreed on the recommendations, he said the same should have happened in the report of the 2G Joint Parliamentary Committee also.<\/p>\n<p>Noting the youth wanted change, Prasad said the country was shamed by the various corruption scandals that surfaced in the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe youth wants change but the country was shamed by the scams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting the government for providing reservation for minorities on the Lokpal panel, Prasad said: \u201cthose occupying the anti-graft office should remember the enormity of the power and the responsibility of the post\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He sought clarification from Law Minister Kapil Sibal on the trial period, and \u201cwhether an MP (member of parliament) was a public servant\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that being a people\u2019s party, they would carry out a 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