Mullana raps Bhajan for criticising Sonia

Chandigarh, Mar 16 (UNI) Haryana Education Minister Phool Chand Mullana today denounced the recent statement of former chief minister Bhajan Lal wherein he had criticised Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

In a statement, Mr Mullana said Mr Bhajan Lal's statement, in which he had condemned the functioning of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in particular and Congress party in general, was unfounded, baseless and seemed to have come out of frustration.

Mr Mullana said it did not behove a person like Mr Bhajan Lal talk against Ms Sonia Gandhi who was the ''only leader in the country who strengthened the party by sacrificing a number of times.'' He also said under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the state was progressing day by day and was poised to become the number one state in the country.

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