New Delhi, March 13 -- Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday suggested that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Jagdambika Pal should be the speaker of Lok Sabha instead of Om Birla.

Singh was caught on camera greeting Pal outside Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session. Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP, hailed Pal for his recent ' fair conduct' of Lok Sabha proceedings.

"You will be a better speaker than." Singh is heard telling Pal.

Singh, the veteran Congress leader who has been a two-time chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, called Pal his brother, though the two belong to different parties. Pal, a BJP MP from Domariyaganj in Uttar Pradesh, is a former Congress leader who jumped to the BJP in 2014.

"We have been together...