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Hurt, but will introspect: Sonia
Hurt, But Will Introspect: Sonia, 2014 Lok Sabha Polls. Stating that the party was "very very disappointed" over the Assembly results in four states, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said there was a need to do "deep introspection".
Will name PM candidate at an opportune time
New Delhi: Accepting the people's verdict with "humility", top leadership of the Congress today pledged to transform the party ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha polls for which it would announce its prime ministerial candidate "at the opportune time."
Stating that the party was "very very disappointed" over the Assembly results in four states, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said there was a need to do "deep introspection".
Gandhi and her son Rahul, the party Vice-President, met journalists at the Congress headquarters here to acknowledge the victory of "our opponents" whom she congratulated. "Obviously people are unhappy. Otherwise they would not have given the results that they gave," she said. Briefly analysing the causes for the defeat, Gandhi said there were a number of reasons, which included price rise and different issues.
Sonia expressed confidence that the results of Assembly polls will not have a bearing on the next Lok Sabha polls. Asked whether the Congress party would name its prime ministerial candidate against BJP's Narendra Modi, Gandhi said, "people need not worry as, at an opportune time, the name of the prime ministerial candidate" will be announced. Initially she appeared reluctant to give an answer when asked whether Rahul would be named as the prime ministerial candidate.
