Cong in damage control mode: Sonia, Rahul reassure PM

September 28, 2013 12:39

Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi have reassured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the party's support for him and the government in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's criticism of a Union

Cabinet ordinance that allows MPs and MLAs to attend Parliament and state assemblies despite having criminal cases against them.

Media reports said that Sonia called Dr Singh in Washington to reassure him of the Congress Party's support and to assuage any hurt that he may have felt in the wake of Rahul terming the ordinance wrong and rubbish.

On his part, Rahul Gandhi e-mailed a letter to the prime minister, in which he emphasised his respect for Dr Singh and his leadership, but at the same time maintained that the ordinance was wrong in letter and spirit.

The Congress Party released the letter in the public domain, suggesting that it was in damage control mode to reduce the apparent humiliation caused to Dr Singh by Rahul Gandhi's very public criticism of the government in full media glare in New Delhi on Friday.

Statements released on Dr Singh's behalf from Washington indicate that the Congress Party's attempts at assuaging the prime minister are succeeding.

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