The proposed Lokpal will have the status of a Constitutional authority for which purpose the Constitution will be amended says Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid. Remember it was Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi who had proposed a Lokpal, with the status of a Constitutional authority. During his intervention on a debate on the subject in Lok Sabha last month. Khurshid says the Lokpal will be "more powerful than the Election Commission"promising greater powers and more profile and stature to the Lokpal.