New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is "not a parrot", a
Congress spokesperson said on Thursday, rebutting suggestions that
he was silent on the Anna Hazare issue.
"He (Rahul), too, is entitled to Freedom of Expression.
He will speak when he will feel like it. He is not a parrot,"
Renuka Chowdhury said at the AICC briefing when asked why the
party General Secretary was silent on the recent developments
involving Hazare.
Responding to questions on whether the party finds
itself in a difficult situation on the Hazare episode in the
absence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who is recuperating
after surgery in a US hospital, she said " there is no doubt
we miss her terribly."
"We wish she has a speedy recovery and comes back soon.
Till then we are trying to do our best," she added.
To another question on why the government appeared to
lack a strategy on the Hazare issue even though Sonia had
constituted a four-member group to look after party affairs.
"The four-member team is for the party. Should we
handle even the government," was the reply of Chowdhury, a
former Union Minister.
When repeatedly asked about the `shifting stand` by
the government on the issue, Chowdhury shot back asking "you
tell us what should we do".
PTI
