Strengthening party must override 'personal ambitions': Sonia Gandhi

Stressing on training programmes for party workers during the meeting, the Congress chief said it should be taken up on priority

In a candid message to top Congress leaders, party president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said strengthening the organisation must override "personal ambitions" and expressed concern over "lack of clarity and cohesion" on policy issues among state leaders.

Emphasising the need for discipline and unity for both collective and individual success, Gandhi, while chairing a meeting of party leaders to evolve a strategy for assembly elections in five states early next year, also said the party's messages on key issues facing the nation were not percolating down to the grassroot cadres.

Addressing reporters later, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the party will