The Hindu : Charges not answered: Sonia

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2003

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Charges not answered: Sonia

New Delhi Aug. 19. The Opposition leader, Sonia Gandhi, today said the Atal Behari Vajpayee Government failed to answer any of the nine charges put forth by her and it owed an explanation to the people.

Winding up the two-day debate on the motion of no-confidence against the Government, Ms. Gandhi, who spoke in both English and Hindi, said the no-confidence motion was aimed at exposing the Government and not replacing it.

Instead of replying to her specific questions, the speakers of the ruling coalition stooped to level personal attacks on her. ``Main jab bhi logon ki dukh taklif ko uthati hoon to moojh par niji arop lagate hai" ("whenever I talk about the people's sorrows and hardships, they resort to personal attacks on me") she said.

``Whatever charges we made against the Government were based on proof drawn from official figures, statistics and parliamentary standing committee reports. The charges were regarding slack defence preparedness, faulty foreign policy, deteriorating state economy and increasing unemployment.''

Taking a dig at the Prime Minister, she said, "Kavita ki panktion se daliton aur naojawanon ko rojgar nahi milega" (Merely reciting poems will not ensure employment to the unemployed). — UNI

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