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With arm around Sushma's shoulder, Sonia reaches out
Tuesday May 07, 2013 11:36:40 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In a rare
gesture, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Tuesday reached out to BJP
leader Sushma Swaraj by placing her arm around her shoulder and
walking a few steps with her in the parliament corridor.
In what can be viewed as an attempt to win over the Leader of
Opposition Sushma Swaraj, who has been very aggressive in her
attack against Gandhi and the ruling UPA, the Congress president
greeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader when she was going
to the Central Hall with senior colleague L.K. Advani and other
MPs.
A smiling Gandhi exchanged a few pleasantries with the opposition
leaders and then started speaking to Sushma Swaraj.
As they began walking, Gandhi then placed one arm on Sushma
Swaraj's shoulder. They walked together for some distance in that
manner, continuing their discussion, said informed sources.
Sushma Swaraj was pleasantly surprised by the Congress president's
friendly overtures.
The sources however did not reveal what the two leaders discussed.
The hostile opposition has been stalling parliament over a host of
issues, including corruption allegations against Law Minister
Ashwani Kumar, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. They are also
demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over
his government's involvement in a series of corruption
allegations, including 2G, coal block allocations.
The Congress needs the opposition support to push through the
crucial Land Acquisition Bill and the Food Security Bill in the
parliament - the two big ticket reforms of the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) government as it readies to face the ballot next
year.
The Congress also wants the crucial bills to be passed before the
parliament session ends May 10.
Sushma Swaraj had last week accused Gandhi of instigating her
party MPs to disrupt parliament when she was speaking in the Lok
Sabha.
This is not the first time Gandhi has reached out to political
adversaries.
Just after the parliament session began, she reached out to an
angry Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to mollify him
with folded hands to give up his demand for Steel Minister Beni
Prasad Verma's resignation.
The minister had accused the Samajwadi Party leader of having
sided with communal forces and that he had taken money to support
the Congress-led government from outside.
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