Centre's ‘rather odd’ move ‘not good for federal polity’: Manmohan Singh

Singh said any change in the panel's terms of reference at the fag-end of its term should have been done in consultation with the states.

Sonia Gandhi asks Congress CMs to implement poll promises

Sources said that she asked the respective state governments to assign duties on a regular basis to ministers on a roster basis.

The first step is to accept that the economy is in crisis, said Congress party leader Manmohan Singh.

Former PM Manmohan Singh, Priyanka Gandhi and other general secretaries and state Congress chiefs will also be present during the meeting.

'We have to respect the supremacy of Parliament and its procedures, the rules of the government and presidents,' former PM said.

Earlier Singh had hit out at PM Narendra Modi saying that 'all-round mismanagement' is responsible for the 'worrisome' state of the economy.

Taking a jibe at the PM, Surjewala claimed in the tweet that the Rupee had fallen below the Taka.

He also asserted that the Modi government was taking all necessary steps to boost the economy.

'Should be no politics around the economic slowdown. Kashmir and economic slowdown are two different issues,' Shiv Sena's editorial said.

He claimed that the government is responsive and addresses the concerns of all sections of the society.