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- By Parinda News Bureau, March 29, 2006, 09:44 IST
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the true colours of the opposition have come out after her resignation as everyone was trying to save himself from disqualification.
Targeting parties like Samajwadi Party alongwith opposition BJP, Gandhi said that her critics had suddenly became quite and started finding out ways and means of saving themselves.
"I am not going to say much, but you understand what is happening," she said in a tongue-in-cheek remark at those who had created uproar in Parliament accusing her of using Parliament and Government to save herself from certain disqualification.
Revealing that she had decided to quit the Lok Sabha seat after consultations with her children Rahul and Priyanka, Gandhi declared she was aware that the road ahead is difficult and there are dangers.
"But I am not the one to get scared by all this. I am not going to retrace my steps," she said. "If there is a storm, hailstorm or lightning falls, they say it was all because of Sonia Gandhi. I am their enemy number one," the Congress President said alleging that she was the target of all the attacks.
Gandhi, who also resigned as chairperson of National Advisory Council, said that she had not accepted that post for personal gains but to advise the government on the implementation of the Common Minimum Programme.
The Congress President said that Rae Bareli had been more then a Parliamentary constituency for the Gandhi-Nehru family which has deep-rooted bonds for last five generations.
About her visit to her constituency, she said "whenever there are sad or happy moments, one shares it with the family. But I don't know whether I have come to share my happiness or sorrow."
About the rationale behind her resignation, Gandhi said she wanted the people to give justice to her. "You have to do justice and give a befitting reply."
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