NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asserted that her party will stage a comeback as she attacked BJP, saying it had woven “false dreams” and people got caught in the “trap”.
She targetted the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of copying the schemes and programmes of the UPA dispensation and taking credit for the same.
Addressing a convention of ‘Mahila Congress’ here, Sonia along with Rahul Gandhi sought to reach out to women by promising a larger electoral role for them at all levels and making a strong pitch for reservation for them in Parliament and state Assemblies.
They told the convention organised on the occasion of 70th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi that women members of the Congress should become a “tsunami” and contribute actively in the battle between ideologies.
“We had done so much. Still some people laid a trap and people got caught in it. Our work, our achievements got ignored and those showing false dreams marched ahead,” she said, targeting BJP as she looked back at the Lok Sabha polls.
To buttress her point about performance of the previous Congress-led government, she listed a number of measures initiated for women empowerment and other reforms.
Targeting the Modi dispensation, Sonia said, “those who have come in government today are showing an altogether different picture to the nation in accordance with their habit. They are implementing as their own schemes and plans, which were luanched by Congress.”
At the same time, the Congress chief expressed confidence about staging a comeback. “May be the path of our struggle is a bit longer and we may have to work a little more. But if all of us work hard and do it together, the day is not far when Congress will regain its peak.”
This was the first such party convention since the Lok Sabha polls in which Congress only got 44 seats. (AGENCIES)
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