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कांग्रेस
कार्यसमिति
की
बैठक 17
मई
2009
माननीय
कांग्रेस
अध्यक्ष
श्रीमती
सोनिया
गांधी
का
भाषण
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Hon'ble
Prime
Minister
&
Colleagues
We
meet
at a
moment
of
great
significance
and
a
time
of
great
responsibility
and
of
course
of
great
satisfaction.
After
many
years
our
party
has
emerged
with
a
clear
mandate.
With
our
pre-poll
allies,
we
have
come
close
to
achieving
a
majority
in
the
Lok
Sabha.
We
are
grateful
for
the
confidence
that
the
people
have
once
again
reposed
in
us
and
we
thank
them.
This
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
hard
work
of
our
candidates
and
our
party
workers
at
all
levels.
I am
grateful
to
them
all.
I
congratulate
them
and
would
like
to
say
how
much
I
appreciate
their
sincerity
and
dedication.
The
election
is
now
behind
us
and
hard
work
must
begin.
We
can
now
start
to
restore
the
Congress
Party
to
its
former
historical
role
as
the
party
of
natural
governance
in
India.
This
is
not
a
movement
merely
for
jubilation.
It
is a
moment
for
sober
introspection.
I
would
like
us
to
think
back
to
the
dreams
of
our
leader,
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
Indiraji
and
Rajivji
and
so
many
more
of
them
who
taught
us
to
think
not
of
power
but
of
service
and
who
gave
their
lives
for
the
Country.
With
this
election,
we
have
begun
to
redeem
the
traditions
they
symbolized,
the
traditions
of
the
Congress
party
which
led
the
Freedom
Struggle
and
built
the
foundations
of
our
country
as a
great,
democratic,
secular
nation.
We
have
been
appointed
the
guardians
of
the
hopes
and
aspirations
of
our
people,
most
of
all
the
poor
and
disadvantaged.
It
is
our
sacred
task
to
take
up
this
responsibility
with
sincerity,
honesty
and
diligence.
In
the
last
five
years
in
the
UPA
under
Prime
Minister's
leadership
we
were
able
to
put
in
place
many
measures
to
improve
heir
lives,
to
bring
about
greater
accountability
in
governance,
to
strengthen
our
economy
and
our
security.
We
must
make
sure
that
these
endeavours
are
taken
forward
and
that
we
fully
meet
our
people's
expectations.
We
must
not
forget
that
new
hopes
and
aspirations
have
been
aroused.
Great
duties
and
great
tasks
beacon
us.
I
conclude
by
thanking
the
millions
of
our
grassroots
level
workers
who
selflessly
worked
day
and
night
for
this
victory.
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