Newly elected Congress MPs yesterday chose Sonia Gandhi as head of their parliamentary caucus, effectively naming her as their choice for prime minister. âVery shortly, a Congress-led coalition will be in place at the center, providing a stable and secular government,â Sonia said after her election as the leader of Congress Parliamentary Party. She promised Indians a better life with more jobs, accelerated economic growth and social harmony. Giving the first glimpses of the kind of government she would put in place, Sonia immediately identified job creation as one of her top priorities.
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âWe have an enormous task ahead of us. The road is wrought with difficulties, the challenges are vast. Let us not be complacent,â she said. Sonia also promised to ârespectâ her allies and partners, and work closely with them. âWe will soon finalize a joint plan of action with them. This plan will outline our priorities, policies and programs as one cohesive unit,â she said. She said the election result showed that the people had âdecisively rejected the destructive and self-serving policies of the BJP government.â Later Sonia met senior CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu and invited the Marxists to join the government. âThe idea is to have a coalition government,â she told reporters. |