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Sonia has always been active leader: Jairam
New Delhi, March 21
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi has always been an active and vocal leader and her recent work of
going out, meeting people and speaking out for them should not be seen
as something new, party leader Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday.
In
an interview to CNN-IBN news channel, Ramesh said Gandhi has
consistently taken a clear position on issues of public importance.
"Gandhi
has consistently taken a clear categorical, unequivocal, aggressive
position. Whether it's on the issue of criminalisation, whether it's an
issue of land acquisition. I think it's wrong to see this as a sign of
new activism on her part. She has always been active," he said.
On
whether Gandhi was worried that the national space that the Congress
was enjoying was completely lost, he said she was not worried as they
knew that defeat and loss were "part of the political cycle".
"It's
not a fear... it's a challenge for us. We lost the national election in
2014. We lost important state elections, performance in Delhi was
particularly disappointing, where we were in power for 15 years. So it's
not a fear, it's electoral ups and down."
Asked if the Congress was ready for change, he said the party was facing numerous challenges and it needed a collective effort.
"We have to re-discover the collective spirit and I think the Congress will come back much stronger than it ever has been."