Sonia tells Paswan: Not retiring in 2016
12 Oct 2013 1:20 AM GMT
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has no plans to retire from politics in 2016 as speculated in a book.
This was conveyed by Gandhi herself to Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan today when he asked her about this ‘rumour’ during a meeting he had with her.
A book had claimed that Gandhi was planning to retire from politics in 2016 when she turns 70.
‘I have never said this,’ Paswan quoted her as telling him.
He was giving details to PTI about his 40-minute meeting with Gandhi which he had sought primarily to discuss the issue of acquittal of all the 26 accused in the massacre of 58 dalits in Bihar’s Laxmanpur Bathe 16 years ago. During the meeting, the LJP leader urged the Congress chief to don the role of uniting secular parties before the next Lok Sabha polls like she had done in 2004.
This was conveyed by Gandhi herself to Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan today when he asked her about this ‘rumour’ during a meeting he had with her.
A book had claimed that Gandhi was planning to retire from politics in 2016 when she turns 70.
‘I have never said this,’ Paswan quoted her as telling him.
He was giving details to PTI about his 40-minute meeting with Gandhi which he had sought primarily to discuss the issue of acquittal of all the 26 accused in the massacre of 58 dalits in Bihar’s Laxmanpur Bathe 16 years ago. During the meeting, the LJP leader urged the Congress chief to don the role of uniting secular parties before the next Lok Sabha polls like she had done in 2004.
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