PM Dr Manmohan Singh addressing the AICC meeting. Thanking Sonia Gandhi for calling this session, the PM addresses the losses at the state polls, but says it is not cause enough to lose hope or confidence. He said the AICC session will help plan on the polls ahead.

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, he said the party stood for the principles they believed in. "But we need to tell our voters the achievements of the party," said the PM.