No differences between Congress and govt: Sonia Gandhi

In a clear political message, Congress President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday dismissed any impression that there are differences between the party and the government and the programmes and policies are correct.

However, she did not not make a reference to the controversial decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, which the government had to put on hold following stiff Opposition in Parliament and outside.

"Every now now and then, our political opponents have been trying to create an impression that there are differences between the Congress party and the government. Let me once and for all nail this. There may well be differing points of view.  But whatever is eventually done is done together," she said addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP).

Gandhi said she saw no no reason for the party to be "defeatist" but admitted that what seemed to be lacking was a more effective effort by both the party and the government in communicating and propagating the accomplishments.

A day after the Union Cabinet cleared the Lokpal Bill, she said she would fight for its passage in Parliament.

Gandhi accused the Opposition of being opportunistic and made a veiled attack on the BJP saying it has not not reconciled to the defeat in 2004 and 2009 elections.

"Let us fight the forces out to destabilise us, forces who never accepted the verdict of 2004, and never reconciled themselves to the renewed mandate we got in 2009," she said in her speech to the CPP General Body Meeting, the  first in the current session coming to a close next week.

Gandhi said the Opposition may be loud but it is opportunistic.  Logic and merit are lost in their obstructionist tactics.