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Sonia should go: G Venkataswamy
G Venkataswamy, today lashed out at the style of functioning of party President Sonia Gandhi and demanded that she step down from her post and make way for an Indian.He also criticised the party over moves to tie up with Praja Rajyam Party headed by actor Chiranjeevi."I am demanding, Sonia should go," said Venkataswamy, a former Union Minister and a former member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
In a no-holds-barred attack on the Congress leadership, Venkataswamy (82) alleged that corruption has grown and that the nation and party were suffering from various ills. All senior Congress leaders have been shown the door and only a few leaders are calling the shots in the party, he alleged."This AICC is going against Gandhi, Nehru and Indira Gandhi. I have seen and worked in Congress under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi. I got interviews quickly then. I have asked for an appointment thrice in recent times. But 10, Janpath is like that," he said.
Taking serious exception to the Congress high command's invitation to Chiranjeevi for a meeting with Sonia Gandhi, Venkataswamy claimed that the move has lowered the stature of Congress."What is the need to send the Defence Minister and party senior leader A K Antony to meet Chiranjeevi. He fought against the Congress. The 125-year-old Congress has gone begging. All senior Congressmen were shocked over this," he said.
Maintaining that the party's strength is deteriorating fast under Sonia's leadership, he said she should make way for a leader who came from the grassroots."Congress is now restricted to four or five states. I don't think it would do well in the coming future. She did not come from the grassroots. Someone who has grown from grassroots should be the party leader," he said.
In a political career spanning about five decades, Venkataswamy, a Dalit leader, was elected to the legislative Assembly, legislative council, Parliament seven times and held various positions like Union Minister, state Congress president and deputy leader of party in the Parliament among others.
Sonia should go: G Venkataswamy
G Venkataswamy, today lashed out at the style of functioning of party President Sonia Gandhi and demanded that she step down from her post and make way for an Indian.He also criticised the party over moves to tie up with Praja Rajyam Party headed by actor Chiranjeevi."I am demanding, Sonia should go," said Venkataswamy, a former Union Minister and a former member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
In a no-holds-barred attack on the Congress leadership, Venkataswamy (82) alleged that corruption has grown and that the nation and party were suffering from various ills. All senior Congress leaders have been shown the door and only a few leaders are calling the shots in the party, he alleged."This AICC is going against Gandhi, Nehru and Indira Gandhi. I have seen and worked in Congress under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi. I got interviews quickly then. I have asked for an appointment thrice in recent times. But 10, Janpath is like that," he said.
Taking serious exception to the Congress high command's invitation to Chiranjeevi for a meeting with Sonia Gandhi, Venkataswamy claimed that the move has lowered the stature of Congress."What is the need to send the Defence Minister and party senior leader A K Antony to meet Chiranjeevi. He fought against the Congress. The 125-year-old Congress has gone begging. All senior Congressmen were shocked over this," he said.
Maintaining that the party's strength is deteriorating fast under Sonia's leadership, he said she should make way for a leader who came from the grassroots."Congress is now restricted to four or five states. I don't think it would do well in the coming future. She did not come from the grassroots. Someone who has grown from grassroots should be the party leader," he said.
In a political career spanning about five decades, Venkataswamy, a Dalit leader, was elected to the legislative Assembly, legislative council, Parliament seven times and held various positions like Union Minister, state Congress president and deputy leader of party in the Parliament among others.
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