In an apparent bid to assuage his feelings following Rahul Gandhi’s recent denunciation of the government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi warmly praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday, sayin
In an apparent bid to assuage his feelings following Rahul Gandhi’s recent denunciation of the government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi warmly praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday, saying schemes launched under his “able leadership” had helped millions of people from the marginalised sections. On a two-day visit here, Mrs Gandhi lauded welfare and social security schemes for the marginalised initiated by the UPA government under the “able leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan-singhji” while inaugurating a research centre set up by her party’s Kerala unit. “They (marginalised sections) faced discrimination at every level. The UPA government led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has lifted millions of them through its flagship schemes,” she said at a function at Neyar Dam, 30 km from here. The remarks came amid a storm over Rahul Gandhi’s attack on the ordinance to protect convicted legislators, which he described as “complete nonsense”, and a document that “should be torn up and thrown away”. Mrs Gandhi had also spoken to Dr Singh in the US.
