Sonia stand

Congress President Sonia Gandhi may be congratulated for her firm stand against Italy.   She slammed Italy for its refusal to send back the two marines charged in the fishermen killing case. She said “betrayal of a commitment to our Supreme Court is outright unacceptable,” This statement alone is sufficient to shut the mouth of her detractors saying that she keeps sympathy to her original mother land.

Her remarks are significant as Congress was under attack from the Opposition, The local leaders hereafter could come forward and tick off Italy as madam has given the green signal. The Congress leaders elsewhere in the country were doubtful about Sonia’s stand against Italy. And with the latest speak of Sonia against Italy everything is crystal clear for them.

Sonia has, thus, affirmed that it is not Italy, but India is her mother land. And she is seemingly more patriotic than  any posturing Indian.

K A Solaman
The New Indian Express Published 21-3-13