Manmohan Singh only power centre in UPA Govt.: Digvijay Singh

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the only power-centre in the UPA Government and calls all shots.

In an interview to NDTV, Singh, who had created ripples in the Congress party with his recent two power centre comment, said his previous comments had been quoted and interpreted out of context.

"There has to be one power centre and here, the power centre is Dr. Manmohan Singh in governance, and for political matters, it is of course, Mrs.Sonia Gandhi," Singh said.

"The perception, the hype of two power centres, has been created by the media and the Opposition party. This perception is wrong. Dr Manmohan Singh takes all decisions in government and Mrs.Sonia Gandhi takes all decisions in the (party) organisation," he added.

Insisting that Mrs.Gandhi has "never interfered in the functioning of the government," Singh said: "Yes, she has suggested the RTI Act, she has suggested the NREGA programme, but these are policy matters, and this is as per our election manifesto."

Singh's comments early in April about dual power centres had reportedly upset Gandhi.

The Congress had said then that the equation between Gandhi as the head of the party and Dr Manmohan Singh as head of the government is a unique model that could serve the party well in the future.