Sonia Gandhi has been constantly giving directions to Congress-led UPA govt

UPA chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been consistently directing the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre. The latest information gathered through Right to Information Act shows that she has the crucial role in most of the important legislations and policies made by the Congress-led central government. As per the details Sonia Gandhi wrote almost one letter a month to the Prime Minister over the past two years.
Sonia Gandhi has been regularly giving directions to the United Progressive Alliance government and she has been making proper interventions for the legislations like food security, sexual offences against children, manual scavenging, communal violence, domestic workers and tribal welfare in particular.
As per the information the Congress President has written 25 letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 17 letters to various Cabinet ministers since the National Advisory Council (NAC) was constituted for the second time in 2010.
Sonia Gandhi, who heads NAC, has actively championed her social reforms agenda by writing to the Prime Minister most often, as many as four times, on various aspects of the National Food Security Bill. Of the 17 letters written to Cabinet ministers, four related to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, followed by three on issues pertaining to the Forest Rights Act.

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Matured Sonia Gandhi leads from the front

Congress President Sonia Gandhi is normally a cool person who believes in action rather than talking much. But in this monsoon session, we saw an aggressive Sonia Gandhi who has been directing the Congress MPs to take on the Opposition defending the ruling alliance.
On the first day of the monsoon session, the UPA chairperson forced senior BJP leader L K Advani to withdraw an objectionable comment made by him terming the UPA as illegitimate, from his speech during an adjournment motion against the government. Next day, she intervened effectively when Shailendra Kumar from the Samajwadi Party raised the issue of ensuring reservations in promotions for SC/ST government servants. Further during a discussion on the killing of six Sikhs in a US Gurudwara, Sonia Gandhi prompted Congress MPs and even parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal to aggressively defend the party against the Akali Dal’s accusations that Congress hadn’t done much for the Sikhs.
It is a fact that Congress President was never seen so aggressive. But this time, she did the correct job as the chairperson of Congress-led UPA. She always realised that it is her responsibility o defend the ruling coalition whenever it is under attack. When BJP leader LK Advani called UPA illegitimate, Sonia Gandhi correctly pointed out that he went beyond the limit of parliamentary discipline and she spearheaded the protest against L K Advani in Lok Sabha, forcing the senior BJP leader to unconditionally withdraw his remark.

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Sonia Gandhi announces various development projects for Raebareli

Congress president and Raebareli MP Sonia Gandhi visited her Parliament constituency where she had interacted with various Congress leaders and people’s representatives who highlighted various issues in the region and sought her help to solve those.
The local leaders apprised their MP of problems of drainage, canal and power supply which were causing immense hardships. District Magistrate Srinivasan Lo proposed several schemes such as electric crematorium, old-age home, children’s park in the Indira Gandhi Udyan besides free coaching facility for the IAS and IPS exam.
He also informed Sonia Gandhi about problems faced by the locals in getting bank loans and sought her help in this regard, to which she asked her representatives present in the meeting to take note of the issues raised.
On the acute power crisis, Sonia Gandhi asked the MLAs to do whatever was required from their side while saying that she would also make efforts in this regard. Sonia Gandhi expressed her unhappiness for the lesser participation of women in MNREGA.
Sonia Gandhi also met delegations from ITI, NTPC, UP State spinning mills and Nandganj Sehori Sugar Mill and representatives of primary teachers’ association besides a number of local residents who submitted memorandums regarding their problems.
This was the first visit by the Congress President to Raebareli after the recent UP assembly polls.

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Sonia Gandhi in Raebareli stresses for the need of education

Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who was on two day visit to her parliamentary constituency Raebareli had said that maximum people should get education for the overall development of the country. While addressing the function to lay the foundation stone for the project of strengthening and broadening works of two roads on the National Highway 24 B in Indira Gandhi Auditorium at Firoz Gandhi PG College, Raebareli she also highlighted various polices of Congress-led UPA government at the centre for education.
“There is no end for duties and responsibilities in our life and in the similar manner there is no end for the efforts for development of our country. The moment we accomplish a scheme, we can always see new avenues for development. We see new possibilities at each turn. It has been our sincere efforts to design new policies and schemes for the welfare of the people and to make the lives of the people more comfortable,” said Sonia Gandhi.
“The UPA Government at the Centre has implemented a number of welfare schemes aiming for the welfare of every section of our society and many people are reaping the benefits too. I think that society and the nation can move forward only if maximum people are educated. Education is the key for a better and bright future. The UPA Government at the Centre, has therefore, taken some strong steps in this direction. Approval has been given for one model school in every block and 75 percent of the cost is being given by the UPA government,” said Sonia Gandhi
The Congress MP further informed, “In Uttar Pradesh money has been provided for 148 schools. In Raebareli district too, the works are in progress for three model schools and the permission has been given for a Central school in Bachcharawa. Permission has been given to start all primary sections at the Central School in Gora Bazar which would be very much beneficial for the children in Raebareli.”

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