It is imperative for us to rise above partisan interests: Sonia Gandhi

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All Indians are... were... are the same regardless of their background of their religion

Sonia Gandhi: Mrs Gandhi didn't push us into politics

Sonia Gandhi (Raebareli MP): Madam Speaker, thank you for allowing me to speak on this important day - International Women's Day

Bias against women inherent in system

For too long, this government has used its numerical strength as a source of arrogance rather than responsibility

'Will do anything to hold govt accountable'

I welcome all of you to this meeting of Congress chief ministers. Such conclaves have proved very useful in the past. I recall now how it was at a similar session at Guwahati way back in April 2002, when we were in the Opposition at the Centre, that the idea of RTI (Right to Information) and MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) first took shape and became part of our party's agenda.The new government took over at the Centre a little over a year ago. Both its substance and style are now all too evident. Both are cause of great concern. They raise many disturbing questions. They should make us pause, reflect and give an appropriate response. In terms of substance, there are systematic attempts being made to dismantle the edifice of the welfare state built up over the decades by successive Congress governments, a state that promoted economic growth for the betterment of everybody but especially to meet the objectives of social justice and equity.Budgetary alloc

'The PM has taken domestic politics to audiences abroad'

Jawaharlal Nehru once remarked that wealth shouts, but knowledge whispers. That whisper about Nehru's life and work has weakened in recent years in our country

'A visionary who decisively altered India's trajectory'

It is appropriate that I speak about the theme of my lecture in this fascinating country because the story I have to tell is a bit like the works of two of your greatest artists. Like Rembrandts, it

Learning politics from Mrs Gandhi

I am happy to be among people who have the honour to be in this city of Varanasi, which is a centre of education and learning. This city is the capital of religion and culture. The Congress has deep roots here. Freedom fighters, such as Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya to Sampurnanand to Kamlapati Tripathi from this place, served both the state and the nation with distinction.