We need to fight communal forces: Sonia Gandhi

March 16, 2013 15:31

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that India needed to fight communal forces effectively for its economic and social development.

"Economic and social development of the nation should go hand in hand for which we need to fight communal forces strongly," Gandhi said in Narayanpur, West Bengal at a programme in Malda district where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present.

"We are a secular nation and this is our main strength and capital. The Congress party is fully prepared to protect the secular fabric of the country," Gandhi said.

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