New Delhi:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi addressed the newly-elected leaders of the Youth Congress.
Highlights of Sonia Gandhi's speech:
- I urge youth to come forward
- Committed to eradicate graft
- All of you are the next generation of our country and our party
- Hope Opposition will help us in bringing Lokpal and other bills
Highlights of Manmohan Singh's speech:
- Youth Congress is a organisation that the youth of this country identifies with
- The Youth Congress movement started with Rahul Gandhi in 2007
- It is great for me to part in the Indian youth Congress convention
- I strongly believe that they will work well in the long run
- Many leaders in our country has started their career after working for youth congress
- There is no compulsion on states to implement decision on FDI in retail
- States which do not see benefits of FDI in retail, there are ways not to implement it
- A number of new laws are to be enacted but Opposition does not allow Parliament to function