Sonia slams 'Front' politics

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today slammed the trend of forming “Fronts” by different political parties on the eve of general elections in the country.

“I notice one Front is born today, another tomorrow and the third one a day after. They will not do anything for the country”, the UPA chairperson said while addressing a gathering here. She rejected the Front concept in politics saying, mushrooming of the “Fronts” would not solve the problems of the country.

She came here after addressing rallies at Bargarh and Koraput. In these public meetings, Sonia sought to seek votes for her party on the strength of the economic policy and stable and development oriented governance of the UPA government at the Centre.

“While several other countries are affected due to global slowdown, its impact was not felt in the country”, she told the crowd. “This is only due to the policy of the UPA government led by Manmohan Singh” she said.

Kicking off her electioneering in Orissa, she said the Congress is the only party which can give stable and good government at the Center as it has requisite experience and made huge sacrifices for the upkeep of its principles.

Coming down heavily on the BJP, she said during the NDA rule, the country did not progress. On other hand, the UPA government has undertake several welfare programmes for all sections of the people in the society.

“The government has not left-out any sections of the society from its welfare programme”, she said and added that “we have implemented various  programmes for the tribals, dalits, women and children”. She named a few of them, such as the National Rural Employment Guarantee  Scheme, Bharat Nirman Yojana, Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Development Mission, Mid-Day meals for the school children in this regard. Without naming the NDA prime ministerial candidate, LK Adavani, the UPA chairperson said, he was the deputy prime minister and the home minister at the Center, when the terrorists had attacked the parliament house.  It is an irony that the BJP is now making terrorism an issue, she said.