After witnessing problems posed by its allies over issues like the nuclear deal and the Setu Samudram project, the Congress is expected to remind its coalition partners at the AICC session tomorrow that sharing of power is a two-way game.
NEW DELHI: After witnessing problems posed by its allies over issues like the nuclear deal and the Setu Samudram project, the Congress is expected to remind its coalition partners at the AICC session tomorrow that sharing of power is a two-way game.
There have been suggestions from a section of partymen that in the backdrop of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the session should send a clear signal to minorities that the Congress cares for them and that it has "not been sold to America".
The meeting, the first after Rahul Gandhi was made AICC General Secretary, would see "great enthusiasm" in the wake of fulfilment of the desire expressed by partymen to give the young leader a role in the organisation.
As it is being held ahead of the Gujarat elections, the meet is expected to see a sharp attack on the saffron forces, especially controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
It is expected to be a tight-rope walk for the party as the session is being held amid the Nandigram flare-up that has invited harsh criticism of the Left parties, key outside supporters of the Congress at the Centre.
Party sources said the formulation on the key issue of coalition was unlikely to undergo much change from that at the AICC Plenary in Hyderabad in January last year.
After the defeat in Uttar Pradesh elections, the talk of `going it alone' is hardly heard at the AICC headquarters.
In the political resolution at the Plenary, the party had sought to impress upon the coalition partners the need for collective responsibility. "Coalition means that all parties in partnership should display a basic discipline, especially in public," it had said.
The party had also said that there is a collective responsibility in a coalition that must be adhered to at all times.
The meet comes amid signs of thaw between the Left parties and the UPA on the Indo-US nuclear deal with the Marxists appearing to have climbed down from their hard position on the issue of approaching the IAEA for safeguard talks.
Added to this is the growing discomfiture over the statements and actions of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK supremo M Karunanidhi.
In fact, coming down heavily on Karunanidhi for condoling the death of LTTE political wing secretary S P Tamilchelvan, the Tamil Nadu Congress Legislature Party has said his poetic tribute to the LTTE leader brought "tears of blood in our eyes".
The DMK is dependent on the Congress support to remain in power and one of its other allies, PMK, is increasingly critical of the ruling party.
The DMK supremo's statements on the Setu Samudram issue have already created problems for the Congress and have given a boost to the BJP, a section of leaders in the party feels.
This is the first experiment of the Congress in sharing power at the Centre.
While the AICC session, which is a day-long affair, will have no separate resolution on the political situation, it will have an omnibus document comprising the economic and international situation, besides three other resolutions.
The other three resolutions comprise one on the centenary year of the Satyagraha, 150 years of the 1857 war and 60 years of independence.
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