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Sunday, Mar 26, 2006

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Congress leaders offer to quit

Special Correspondent

Meet Sonia; party workers still on dharna on Akbar Road

NEW DELHI: Two days after Congress president Sonia Gandhi resigned from the Lok Sabha and as chairperson of the National Advisory Council, following the controversy over the office of profit issue, Congress leaders, MLAs, MPs and workers continued to express their support for her.

On Saturday, 25 MLAs from Madhya Pradesh offered to resign. The MLAs, led by Leader of the Opposition Yamuna Devi met Ms. Gandhi, who rejected their offer to resign. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Congress MP from Guna, and Minister of State for Personnel Suresh Pachauri also met Ms. Gandhi.

"We are with Soniaji. She is our leader and we have expressed our feelings to her. If she wants and allows, all of the MLAs are ready to resign," Ms. Yamuna Devi said.

The MLAs also submitted a letter to the party president, saying they had full faith in her leadership. The letter was signed by 38 MLAs.

Congress workers and volunteers continued to stay put outside her 10 Janpath residence, though their numbers appeared to have dwindled.

Cadres of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the Youth Congress, the Sewa Dal and the Nehru Brigade were sitting on a dharna on Akbar Road, near her residence and the party headquarters.

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