Congress president Sonia Gandhi decided to play it safe while delivering her speech at the All India Congress Committee meeting on Saturday in New Delhi.
The Congress president's bilingual speech had no mention either about the forthcoming elections in Gujarat or the developments in the violence-hit Nandigram. Addressing around 3,000 members of the party, she lambasted the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party for not co-operating on issues in Parliament and slammed it as an obstructive party.
Talking about the saffron party's unreasonable politics, Sonia said it does not discourage her party. "We are not deterred, we are determined," she said.
"The achievements of our government so far are all the more creditable given the stubbornly uncooperative attitude of the BJP in Parliament. No words are strong enough to condemn the BJP's attacks on our prime minister and on our party," she said.
"The Congress was also in the Opposition, but we never acted beyond reasonable limits and always strived to maintain the dignity and decorum of Parliament. On matters of national interest, the Congress had always extended its hand of support," she added.
Sonia was also unusually forceful while warning Congressmen, who were going against the party line on important issues in public.
Image: AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi greets party members at the meeting venue in New Delhi.
Reportage: Sheela Bhatt | Photographs: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
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