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Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday accused the Modi government of having failed the people of the country in handling the pandemic and demanded that an all-party meeting be convened immediately on the Covid-19 situation.
The battle against the pandemic transcends political differences and everyone has to fight it together as a nation, she said at a virtual meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party.
‘Cong performance in polls disappointing’
NEW DELHI, May 7: Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said it is not the system but the Modi Government that has failed the people by not being able to channelise resources, and demanded an all-party meeting (APM) be convened immediately.
Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting virtually, she also said the party’s performance in the just-concluded Assembly elections was very disappointing and MPs must draw “appropriate lessons from this setback in the spirit of humility and honesty”.
The meeting was attended by the Congress’ members in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including Rahul Gandhi. Senior party leader and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not attend the meet.
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NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of all MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Friday to discuss the second wave of coronavirus and evolve a political strategy to deal with the situation, sources said.
They said Sonia will address the virtual meeting and will hear out the view of all its MPs in both houses of Parliament on the Covid situation in the country.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will also be part of the virtual meeting.
This is also the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) after the budget session of Parliament that ended in March.
‘Pandemic should not be used to cover up leadership’s failure to address organisational issues’
The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP), headed by Sonia Gandhi, would be meeting virtually on Friday but a section of the party is asking why the leadership has not yet conducted a post-mortem of the Assembly election results.
It is the first time the CPP will meet virtually after the Budget session of Parliament ended on March 25 and will be attended by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former party chief Rahul Gandhi.
While some prominent members of the Group of 23 dissenters (G-23) like Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal had publicly said the debate on poll performance can wait in the face of a public health emergency, others maintain that the pandemic should not be used to “cover up the leadership’s failure to address organisational issues”.