'The proper forum for [discussion and debate] is an active and involved Parliament, not one that is held to ransom by blackmail which has become the political bread and butter of the BJP, much to the concern of even some of its allies.
The UPA chairperson, writing in her capacity as the chairperson of the NAC, responds to activist Anna Hazare's letter, saying he should have no doubt of her 'commitment in the fight for probity in public life'
So writes the Congress President in her editorial in <i>Congress Sandesh</i>, calling the nuclear deal "a treaty that satisfies all the conditions laid out before Parliament, and brought home an agreement that is in the long term interests of India."
I was born in Europe, but was soon claimed by another world more diverse and more ancient ... India has taught me above all else that politics is not just the art of the possible; it can also be the art of the impossible.
'We were happy to welcome President Bush as our guest,' wrote the Congress Prez. 'We do not think that religion can or should be the matrix for national interest in a country as linguistically and religiously pluralistic as India.'
Rather than cursing the darkness, they have lit the lamp that Gandhiji spoke of. Let us all ensure that this flame continues to burn bright and that it lights up other beacons of social transformation.
"I will continue as Congress president and chairperson, Congress Party in Parliament for as long as you want me to. I am one of you. And nothing will ever change that..."
Full text of Sonia Gandhi's address to Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Delhi where she announced her decision not to accept the prime minister's post.
Full text of the speech - Conflict And Coexistence In Our Age - by the Congress president at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies , Oxford University, Friday, 29th November 2002
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