New Delhi: At the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Tuesday, party president Sonia Gandhi adopted an aggressive stance and sent a strong message while backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent economic policy decisions that allowed 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, apart from putting a cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and hiking diesel price to narrow down India's gaping fiscal deficit.
A combative Sonia said that there was no threat to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government while blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for playing "negative politics" over the reforms. She added that the need of the hour was to improve the economy.
The Congress President without taking names pointed out that even though the Trinamool Congress had withdrawn its support from UPA, two Uttar Pradesh-based parties - Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party - have reiterated their outside support to the Manmohan Singh government.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, too, said that the Congress should stand united to confront the Opposition over the reforms. The backing of the reforms process comes as a shot in the arm for the Prime Minister as apart from the Opposition and some Congress allies even a few party leaders like Vyalar Ravi, KV Thomas, Virbahdra Singh, the Kerala and the Karnataka units had objected to some of the decisions announced by him....
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02:23 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee on Tuesday did not discuss the demand for a separate state of Telangana in its meet, that was largely dominated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's economic reforms. Telangana was not discussed even as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chadrashekhar Rao has been camping in Delhi hoping for a formal announcement from the Centre on Telangana. Earlier, sources had also indicated that a Congress-TRS...
11:52 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee on Tuesday endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's big bang reforms including FDI in multi-brand retail with party President Sonia Gandhi coming out strongly in support of the measures and blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing negative politics on the issue. The meeting also backed the government's move to reduce fuel subsidy by hiking diesel prices and capping subsidised LPG cylinders. Sonia Gandhi...
11:44 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: 12.20 pm: PM's economic reforms anti-common man, says BJP leader Rajnath Singh. He compares the UPA to East India Company saying its policies were similar to the British company that exploited the poor. 11.47 am: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prakash Javadekar takes on Sonia Gandhi and the Congress and says that the government has introduced anti-people reforms. "We don't want these types of reforms. Those are not...
09:32 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee will meet on Tuesday to take stock of the present political scenario, following the exit of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress from the UPA. While there will be a discussion on the road ahead for the Congress, the CWC chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will also look at solving the long-standing demand of the creation of separate state of Telangana. TRS chief K Chadrashekhar...
07:39 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: After Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hit out at those making allegations against him saying 'canards' were being spread about the Congress and the government. "Canards are being spread about us. Every day astronomical sums are being mentioned as black money which can be brought back, nothing can be further from truth. The truth is that the UPA is committed to fighting the menace of...
03:38 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday attacked the Opposition and civil society for levelling "baseless" allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, government and Congress. "We will have to fight fiercely against such allegations which are part of a conspiracy," Sonia said. "Opposition and some other anti-Congress forces are making false allegations against the Prime Minister. The economic problems affecting aam admi (common man) are a challenge before us....
12:24 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: It is stock-taking time for the ruling Congress as the party's Working Committee is set to meet on Monday after a gap of a year. It is the party's highest decision making body. The meeting comes right in the middle of a worsening political and economic crisis. The biggest question of all will be whether party President Sonia Gandhi will take some tough decisions or it will be...
10:11 AM, Jun 04, 2012
