Surajkund fails to enthuse Congress leaders

Price rise and 6 LPG cylinders issue dominated the Surajkund Samvad Baithak

GN Bureau | November 9, 2012



During the meeting of Congress leaders on Friday, a strong demand was made for raising the cap of subsidised LPG cylinders from the current six to 12.

Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi was the first one to speak followed by prime minister Manmohan Singh.

P Chidambaram, sources said, repeated the same brief what he made to the union council of ministers earlier this month.

In all 69 Congress ministers from the cabinet attended the meeting, with one absentee, Chiranjivi. 

The AICC told its union ministers that it was high time for the government to understand public sentiments. It asked the ministers to "perform well" if they were looking for victory.

The RSS, the VHP and the Shishu Mandir were repeatedly used by the AICC speakers who are not Union Minsiters.

No one spoke from Andhra Pradesh. Union Science and Technology minister Jaipal Reddy was literaly sidelined in Surajkund. He did not utter a word.

Jayanti Natarajan, P Chidambaram and GK Vasan spoke at length about their ministries.

Digvijay Singh criticised senior Congress ministers and said some of them do not feel good to visit the AICC. His speech was fiery and for the first time he did not take the name of Narendra Modi but ministers who do not share the success stories with the AICC.

Sources said they could see a complete divide between AICC and the union ministers.

The speakers broadly focused on the peformance of the government. Complaint was that MPs and state party cadres are unable to meet their respective union ministers.

Sonia Gandhi said that senior minsiters should note down this aspect.

Comments

 

Other News

Gandhian movement after Gandhi failed: Ram Guha

The Gandhian movement in India, after Gandhi’s death, failed, says Ramachandra Guha, and blames Vinoba Bhave for it. But the movement found new, fertile grounds around the world and succeeded in bringing about a change in South Africa, the US and elsewhere. It is high time it returned home. Of cour

When religion, politics and Bollywood come together

Tavleen Singh, noted journalist and political commentator, has turned to fiction, with her debut novel ‘The Actor’ (HaperCollins India). Set in the near future, it has a superstar, Amit Singh, turning to politics, when the political landscape is dominated by prime minister Guru Gaynendraj

Cabinet approves setting up of Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority

The union cabinet, chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), called Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), to strengthen research, planning, appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment within the broad domains of Transp

Why foundational literacy and numeracy is key to school education

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) are often described as the building blocks of education. Yet, their significance goes well beyond a child’s ability to read a sentence, write a response or solve a basic mathematical problem. These foundational skills shape how children understand the world,

When police data becomes the algorithm

For decades, policing has followed a familiar sequence: a crime occurs, the police respond, an investigation produces records and those records become part of the institutional memory of the criminal justice system. Artificial intelligence is beginning to alter that sequence. Instead of merely recording

Before India voted, the framers worried about the referee

“We are making a Constitution forever and not only for today.” Shibban Lal Saksena said this in the Constituent Assembly on June 15, 1949. He was warning that a ruling party might one day choose a loyalist to run India’s elections. Seventy-seven years later, the Supreme Court is wrestli

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter