BJP youth wing Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha filed complaints on September 20 in 790 police stations across the country holding Singh responsible for the coal block allocation scam, sources in the party said.
The Morcha wanted FIRs to be registered against the Prime Minister over the issue, the sources said.
Seeking to take protective measures, the Home Ministry sought an opinion from Attorney General G E Vahanvati on the issue.
The AG, in his response given recently, is learnt to opined the Prime Minister and Ministers do not enjoy any legal immunity but the government need not be apprehensive at this stage as mere complaints cannot be a cause of worry, the sources said.
Every complaint cannot be converted into FIR as police have to first convince itself about the merit of the case.
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