Mahatma's legacy under threat from those in power in Delhi, says Sonia

ASSERTING THAT MAHATMA Gandhi has been and will continue to be the fundamental source of inspiration, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said his legacy is under threat from those in power in Delhi and the ideologies and institutions that have nurtured them.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Belagavi (Karnataka), December 26

In her message read out at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here, Sonia Gandhi lashed out at the Narendra Modi government and the RSS, and called for fighting the forces which she claimed had created a toxic atmosphere that led to Mahatma Gandhi's assassination. Sonia Gandhi, who could not travel to Belagavi, said Mahatma Gandhi becoming Congress president here was a turning point for the party and for the Independence movement.