Urgently implement steps to reduce impact of slowdown: Sonia to Cong CMs

Gandhi also asked leaders to end infighting in state units

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday asked chief ministers of Congress-run governments to implement “with urgency” steps to “mitigate the disastrous impact of the current economic slowdown” and pave the way for “economic re-monetization”.

She also asked them to put in place an “effective strategy” to deal with the “roadblocks” that the Narendra Modi government allegedly creates in the implementation of central schemes and programmes by the Congress ruled states.

Given the fiscal burden that implementing the scheme might entail, the leaders thought it's wiser to postpone any plans to roll out the Congress promise of ‘Nyay’, or minimum income guarantee. Sources