Wednesday, February 2, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Cong leader eats words after questioning Sonia's Indian-ness, leadership

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Veteran-Cong-leader-questions-Sonias-leadership-eats-words/745098/

Cong leader eats words after questioning Sonia's Indian-ness, leadership

Agencies
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 at 1258 hrs IST

Hyderabad Senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh, G Venkataswamy,
who created a flutter by demanding Sonia Gandhi's resignation as party
president, today said he is ready to withdraw all his comments.

"I had to make those comments because I was worried that the party may
suffer in the Telangana region. I am ready to withdraw all comments...
I request her (Gandhi) separate Telangana," the octogenarian leader
said, appearing to be backtracking on the issue.

"If I am expelled, party workers in Telangana would form a new outfit
called Telangana Congress," he claimed.

Meanwhile, Venkataswamy's son and Congress MP G Vivek said he did not
agree with the comments of his father and that he has faith in the
leadership of Sonia Gandhi.

Slamming Venkataswamy for his attack on Gandhi, Youth Congress
activists met Andhra Pradesh Congress president D Srinivas at his
residence here late last night and demanded that disciplinary action
be taken against him immediately.

In a no-holds-barred-attack on Gandhi, Venkataswamy, a Dalit leader
from the Telangana region, yesterday alleged that the party is fast
losing its base all over the country and that corruption and inflation
have risen under Sonia's leadership.

He demanded that she step down from the post of party president and
make way for an lndian who has risen from the grassroots.

Taking exception to the Congress high command's move of inviting Praja
Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi for the two parties to work together,
Venkataswamy said the decision has lowered the stature of the
Congress. Chiranjeevi supports the united Andhra Pradesh demand.

Congress leaders in the state, led by Srinivas, have condemned
Venkataswamy's comments against the party president in one voice.

"These comments are most unfortunate. I condemn all the utterances
made by Venkataswamy. It seems he was not in consciousness. He was
talking about not being made the President (of India) and denied
appointment (by Gandhi). But these are all his personal issues,"
Srinivas said.

State minister and prominent Dalit leader in Congress D Rajanarasimha
said Venkataswamy's comments are aimed at positioning himself or his
son for the post of chief minister if a separate Telangana is
realised.

Several state ministers, legislators and other party leaders also
strongly condemned Venkataswamy's remarks against Gandhi.


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