NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday chaired a meeting of all party MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to assess the situation arising out of the second wave of Covid-19 and evolve a political strategy.
Gandhi addressed the MPs and sought the views of the Congress parliamentarians on how to deal with the situation.
This is the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) after the Budget session of Parliament that ended in March.
This is her first internal interaction with party MPs after the Congress party s drubbing in recent assembly polls in five states, where it failed to wrest back Kerala and Assam and scored a zero in West Bengal.
Sonia Gandhi seeks all-party, Parliamentary Standing Committee meetings over COVID-19 situation
The meeting is being held under the chairmanship of Gandhi through video conferencing.
According to sources, the meeting started with paying tribute to all former Members of Parliament (MPs), including former President Pranab Mukherjee, Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vora, Tarun Gogoi, who have recently passed away.
Earlier, the Congress President had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging the new COVID-19 vaccination policy was not only “discriminatory but also a complete abandonment of the youth” and urged the government to reverse the ill-considered decision.
“It is surprising that despite the harsh lessons of last year and the pain inflicted on our citizens, the government continues to follow an arbitrary and discriminatory policy, which promises to exacerbate existing challenges,” she had written in the letter.
Sonia slams Centre, says India crippled by political leadership with no empathy for people ANI | Updated: May 07, 2021 19:37 IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday alleged that the BJP-led government has failed the people of country , and abdicated its fundamental responsibilities and duties towards the people in the COVID-19 crisis and demanded that it should urgently call an all-party meeting to discuss the pandemic situation.
Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting here, she attacked the government saying India is crippled by a political leadership today that has no empathy for the people .
Gandhi said fighting COVID is not a government versus us battle but us versus corona battle which transcends political differences and we have to fight this battle together as a nation .
Congress performance in assembly polls very disappointing, must draw lessons from setback: Sonia Gandhi ANI | Updated: May 07, 2021 20:58 IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday termed her party s performance in recently-concluded assembly polls as very disappointing and said the party must learn appropriate lesson from the setback in the spirit of humility and honesty.
Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting here, Gandhi said Congress Working Committee will meet shortly to review the results. She also termed the party s performance as unexpected .
Gandhi congratulated Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and DMK chief MK Stalin for their handsome victories .
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