"Sacrificed For...": DK Shivakumar Says UPA Wanted Sonia Gandhi To Be PM
NDTV
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister said that when Congress was in a difficult situation, Sonia Gandhi brought the party back to power in the country in 2004.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi "sacrificed" the post of Prime Minister, adding that only the Gandhi family can keep the Congress party "united."
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister said that when Congress was in a difficult situation, Sonia Gandhi brought the party back to power in the country in 2004.
In an interview with the news agency ANI, Mr Shivakumar said, "She (Sonia Gandhi) has been very successful in bringing the Congress government. The Congress Party was in a very difficult position. And she brought the Congress Party back to power. And she made Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister when all the MPs, irrespective of UPA, wanted her to become the Prime Minister. The entire UPA wanted her to be the Prime Minister. She sacrificed for an economist. That is the greatest sacrifice in the history of the world that a woman has refused to avail an opportunity to become the Prime Minister. For the sake of the country, she nominated Manmohan Singh. That is the biggest sacrifice the Gandhi family made for this country."
