PM ‘power centre in governance’, says Digvijay
18 May 2013 6:41 AM IST
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh maintained on Friday that party president Sonia Gandhi has not interfered in the functioning of the government even once and that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the ‘power centre in governance.’
Singh made this remark while seeking to clarify the ‘perception’ of two power centres which came into focus after his recent comments that this model had not worked very well.
‘There has to be one power centre and here the power centre is Manmohan Singh in governance and for political matters it is of course Sonia Gandhi,’ the AICC general secretary said.
‘Both are working separately in their own domain, Manmohan Singh takes all decisions in Government of India, and Sonia Gandhi takes all decisions in organisation,’ he added.
Seeking to explain the context of his earlier remarks that triggered a controversy, Singh said that because of the media hype and opposition allegations there is a general perception among bureaucracy and all forms of government that there are dual power centres.
‘This is a perception created by media that there are dual power centres,’ the Congress leader said.
Singh made this remark while seeking to clarify the ‘perception’ of two power centres which came into focus after his recent comments that this model had not worked very well.
‘There has to be one power centre and here the power centre is Manmohan Singh in governance and for political matters it is of course Sonia Gandhi,’ the AICC general secretary said.
‘Both are working separately in their own domain, Manmohan Singh takes all decisions in Government of India, and Sonia Gandhi takes all decisions in organisation,’ he added.
Seeking to explain the context of his earlier remarks that triggered a controversy, Singh said that because of the media hype and opposition allegations there is a general perception among bureaucracy and all forms of government that there are dual power centres.
‘This is a perception created by media that there are dual power centres,’ the Congress leader said.
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