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| Attacks on PM are part of conspirac |
| Attacks on PM are part of conspiracy, says Sonia without naming Team Anna
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| INDIA
, 4-June-2012
3:47:33 AM |
| At a time when the Congress and the Prime Minister are beleaguered by a slew of allegations ranging from corruption to policy paralysis, party president Sonia Gandhi made it clear that Dr Manomhan Singh enjoys her confidence and support.
In her address to the party's highest decision-making body, its Working Committee (CWC), Mrs Gandhi took on Team Anna, which has recently and aggressively targeted the Prime Minister for allegedly allowing a massive swindle in the allocation of coal fields to private companies. She said the attack on the Prime Minister and the government is 'part of a conspiracy'.
"The manner in which the Opposition parties and some anti- Congress elements are single-mindedly leveling unfounded allegations against the PM, the UPA government...that is really unfortunate," she said.
Mrs Gandhi referred to the challenges that confront the government include a worrying economic slowdown. India's growth in January-March was its weakest in nearly a decade, and sparked a new round of economic downgrades from investment banks
Mrs Gandhi also stressed that the party needs to prep for elections in key states scheduled for later this year in starts like Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. She also highlighted the fact that the general elections are now just two years away. After a disastrous performance in Uttar Pradesh earlier this year, where the Congress placed a poor third, she said, "If we spend our efforts on party-building instead of groupism, our party will be strengthened." The government has been weakened by allegations of rampant graft, and referring to the need to correct this, she said, "Our party will be judged by (our) public image."
The Congress meeting comes soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 14 senior ministers of his government came under fresh attack from the team of Gandhian activist Anna Hazare; the charges of corruption saw the PM make a rare and impassioned defence.
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