CWC congratulates Sonia on Prez poll, PM on nuke deal

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New Delhi, July 28 (UNI) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) today congratulated party President Sonia Gandhi on the ''impressive victory'' of the UPA-Left candidate Pratibha Patil as the first woman President of the country and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Indo-US nuclear deal.

''Meeting for the first time after the Presidential election, the CWC congratulated the Congress President for her leadership and untiring efforts, which led to the impressive victory of the first woman President of India,'' AICC spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.

Ms Gandhi thanked Dr Singh and the party for the united efforts which led to ''this historic success,'' he said.

The Prime Minister briefed the CWC on the negotiations with the United States on the civil nuclear cooperation agreement.

''The CWC congratulated the Prime Minister and the Government of India for successfully steering the negotiations to a satisfactory conclusion consistent with the letter and spirit of the commitments made to Parliament and to the nation,'' Mr Singhvi said.

Giving out the party's reaction to the developments in Goa, the party spokesman said these had more to do with ''economics and commerce'' than with politics and ideology.

The BJP, which had never succeeded in winning elections in Goa, was trying to stage a comeback through the backdoor with the help of the ''forces of destabilisation,'' he said.

Asked whether the party was admitting to losing majority in Goa, he said the right forum to demonstrate the strength of the government was the floor of the assembly and this would be done on Monday or Tuesday.

On the police firing in Andhra Pradesh, he said the party would not like to comment on an incident that had taken place only a few hours ago. However, the need of the hour was to maintain law and order which the state government would do, he said.

UNI

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