Sonia praises Pranab for deft handling of Union Budget

New Delhi, March 4 (PTI) Sending a strong message that
she was fully behind the government on fuel price hike,the
Indian ruling party, Congress President Sonia Gandhi Thursday
praised Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for deft
handling of the Union Budget.
"We have many essential social obligations and to meet
them it is necessary to raise resources. I congratulate the
Finance Minister for a fine and delicate balancing act, which
has been widely welcomed," Gandhi told the Congress
Parliamentary Party meeting.
Gandhi made no mention of fuel prices or the Opposition
demand for its rollback in her address.
At the same time, Gandhi said that checking food
prices continues to be "our foremost priority".
Attacking the opposition for its "disruptive
approach," she said their conduct during the presentation of
the budget was "not in keeping with democratic norms and
traditions".
Gandhi said that the inputs given by the Finance
Ministers about the salient features of the budget to the
party MPs will help them "countering the opposition
propaganda". (MORE) PTI