Venkataswamy attacks Sonia Gandhi

Hyderabad, February 01: A senior Congress leader from Telangana G Venkataswamy today lashed out at the style of functioning of party President Sonia Gandhi and demanded that she step down from her post and make way for an Indian.

He also criticised the party over moves to tie up with

Praja Rajyam Party headed by actor Chiranjeevi.

“I am demanding, Sonia should go,” said Venkataswamy, a former Union Minister and a former member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

In a no-holds-barred attack on Congress leadership, Venkataswamy (82) alleged that corruption has grown and that the nation and party were suffering from various ills.

All senior Congress leaders have been shown the door and only a few leaders are calling the shots in the party, he alleged.

“This AICC is going against Gandhi, Nehru and Indira Gandhi.

–Agencies