New Delhi: Congress on April 21 supported the demand for a code of conduct for Chief Ministers but said this required a political initiative.

"We are in agreement on the issue as it is not correct for a Chief Minister to run riot. But it does not mean that those who have misused offices should go scot-free," party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told reporters.

Stating that no government should indulge in political vendetta, he said, "I don't think that evolving a code of conduct for CMs is a matter of legal initiative. It is a matter of political initiative."

The filing of cases by Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh against Samajwadi Party leaders provoked members in the Lok Sabha to demand a code of conduct for Chief Ministers.

Asked whether some Congress Chief Ministers, like Captain Amrinder Singh, were also settling scores with their political adversaries, Reddy said, "Our Chief Ministers do not indulge in such things."

The Punjab Chief Minister, he said, had initiated action against Akali Dal leaders after obtaining substantial evidence against them.

PTI