Minister writes to Sonia: Govt has become a lame duck

April 20, 2012 15:06

Our Delhi correspondent tells us that four Union Ministers have asked the AICC high command to take them on an organisational basis in the committee. A Union Minister in a handwritten letter to Sonia Gandhi said that his continuance in the government will now be difficult as it has become a lame duck

Many senior AICC leaders also want a complete overhaul of the organisation to strengthen the state units and be in a better position to take on the Opposition ahead of the 2014 polls. Internal reports in AICC suggest that the Congress will not cross 85 MPs in the next elections.

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