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| | May 06, 2015, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi, May 6 (IBNS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday assailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for criticizing previous governments during his visit to Canada last month.

"This outrageous remark on foreign soil belittles the dignity of the office he holds and is an embarrassment to the nation,"  Gandhi said at a weekly meeting of her party MPs, whom she has invited to dinner at her residence tonight.

The meeting was held just before Parliament assembled for the day's session.

"Such petty behavior does not define us. We in the Congress party are proud of our record and we will continue to fight with conviction for our ideology, programmes and policies, and for the future of our country as we always have."

Addressing the Indian diaspora in Toronto during his recent three-nation visit,the  PM  had said, "My mission is to turn scam India to skill India." He has been excoriated by the opposition, including the Congress, for saying: "My job is to ensure that India is cleaned up. It will take time to clean up the mess of the past."

Reacting sharply, Sonia Gandhi said the Modi government is "against whatever the Congress party stands for."

She alleged that while the Prime Minister announced "grandiose schemes", his finance minister cut budgetary allocation to key departments and granted benefits to corporates.

"The economy is faltering, exports are falling," she said while urging her party leaders to take the fight to the people.

Sonia Gandhi is expected to launch an offensive against the NDA government on Wednesday when she is likely to move an adjournment motion.

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