New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday asked her party members to be active, aggressive and hold the government and ministers to their words and actions during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
"We may be lacking in numbers, but we will make up for it with our work and we continue to demand accountability through Parliament. I count upon each one of you to be present, to be active, to be aggressive and hold the government and the ministers to their words and actions," Sonia said.
In the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting chaired by her, Sonia raised several issues including attacks on Dalits in Gujarat's Una district and unrest in Jammu and Kashmir in a bid to target the government in Parliament.
In a blistering attack on the government, Sonia accused it of destabilising institutions, polarising society and mistaking its parliamentary majority for a licence to impose its narrow ideology on people.
Sonia also slammed the government for "deception", "glib marketing slogans" and snatching the rights of Dalits, adivasis, specifically citing the Gujarat incident where four Dalits were beaten and humiliated publicly.
She called the Gujarat case, "just one example of the social terror this government condones".
Sonia referred to the unrest in the Kashmir Valley which has witnessed turmoil for the past 12 days after the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani with clashes claiming over 40 lives.
"Recent events in the Valley are tragic and pose a grave danger to the country. There can be no compromise on national security. Militants must be dealt with firmly. Yet we must ask ourselves, what has driven scores of young people to such levels of violence," she said.
The Congress President also accused the government of practising deception, saying they are creating a "bubble" of achievement.
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