Responding to queries by Congress dissenters over whotakes decisions in the party, Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday that she was the"full-time and hands on Congress President".
"I am, if you will allow me to say so, a full-timeand hands on Congress President," she said while addressing the CongressWorking Committee (CWC) meeting.
The Congress President was responding to questions raisedby a group of leaders led by Kapil Sibal over the party's decision makingprocess and apprehending that former President Rahul Gandhi is taking all thedecisions.
"You are aware that I have been taking them up withthe Prime Minister as have Dr. Manmohan Singh and Rahul ji. I have beeninteracting with like-minded political parties regularly. We have issued jointstatements on national issues and coordinated our strategy in Parliament aswell," Sonia Gandhi said in her remarks on Saturday.
In her opening address, she slammed the Congress leadersfor speaking to the media.
"I have always appreciated frankness. There is noneed to speak to me through the media. So let us all have a free and honestdiscussion. But what should get communicated outside the four walls of thisroom is the collective decision of the CWC."