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Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday had a piece of advice for her party colleagues to not leak to the media the inside details of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
"I have always appreciated frankness. There is no need to speak to me through the media. So let us all have a free and honest discussion. But what should get communicated outside the four walls of this room is the collective decision of the CWC," she said in her opening remarks at the meeting.
On the Opposition unity, Sonia Gandhi said, "I have been interacting with like-minded political parties regularly. We have issued joint statements on national issues and coordinated our strategy in Parliament as well.
On the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, she said the Congress had already begun its preparations.
"Our preparations had already begun a while back. Undoubtedly, we face many challenges but if we are united, if we are disciplined and if we focus on the Party’s interests alone, I am confident that we will do well," Sonia Gandhi said.
She attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government on various issues.
"There has always been a broad consensus on foreign and neighbourhood policy in our country. But that consensus has been damaged because of the Prime Minister continued reluctance to take the Opposition into confidence in any meaningful manner," she said.
"Foreign policy has become a diabolical instrument of electoral mobilization and polarization. We face serious challenges on our borders and on other fronts. The Prime Minister telling the opposition leaders last year that there had not been any occupation of our territory by China and his silence ever since is costing our nation dearly," added Sonia Gandhi.
On sudden spurt in killings in Jammu and Kashmir, she said minorities clearly have been targeted. "This must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. J&K has been a Union Territory for two years. The entire responsibility for bringing the perpetrators of these barbaric crimes to justice is that of the Union Government. Restoring social peace and harmony and confidence amongst the people in J&K rests with the Modi government too."