Sonia Gandhi speaks Congress rally in Chhattisgarh, slams BJP govt for neglecting security

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi launched her campaign in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Thursday by addressing a huge election rally at Kondagaon in the tribal-dominated Bastar region. She blamed the BJP government's mis-governance in the state for a rise in poverty here. "You have to introspect whether the state government has given you anything," the Congress president said. Chiding the state government for failing to curb Naxal violence, Sonia Gandhi sought to remind the party supporters that "Congress leaders have sacrificed their life in the fight against Naxal violence".