New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi took a sharp dig at Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi over his impending swearing-in for a third term. Sonia Gandhi claimed that Modi has lost the mandate he sought and criticized him for not taking responsibility for perceived failures.

During an address at the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday, Sonia Gandhi stated, "The Prime Minister who sought the mandate solely in his name to the exclusion of both his party and its allies has suffered a political and worse, a moral defeat. In reality, he has lost the mandate he sought and thereby lost the right to leadership as well." She further added, "Yet, far from taking responsibility for failure, he intends to get himself sworn in again. We do not expect him to change the substance and style of his governance, nor take cognizance of the will of the people."

Sonia Gandhi emphasized the role of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) in holding the government accountable. "That is why, as members of the CPP, we have a special obligation to be watchful, vigilant, and proactive in holding him and his new NDA government accountable," she said. She highlighted the need for Parliament to function without disruption and for Parliamentary Committees to be respected.

"No longer can and should Parliament be bulldozed like it has been for a decade now. No longer will the writ of the ruling establishment be permitted to disrupt Parliament, whimsically mistreat members or push through legislation without due and proper consideration and debate. No longer can and should Parliamentary Committees be ignored or bypassed like they have been since 2014," Sonia Gandhi asserted. She added, "No longer will Parliament be muzzled and stifled as it has been over the past ten years."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to take the oath of office at 7:15 PM today, along with his council of ministers, in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unanimously passed a resolution to elect Modi as their leader on June 5. With today's swearing-in, Narendra Modi will become the only leader, after former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, to be elected for a third consecutive term after completing the full tenure of each previous term.

In the recent elections, the BJP secured 240 seats and the NDA won 292 seats out of the 543 Lok Sabha seats. While congress get 99 seats for own. Congress, part of the INDIA bloc, along with its allies, (234) managed to prevent the BJP from achieving a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha.

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