Sonia intervenes to quell factional fighting.

(From Gulf News)

Byline: Ajay Jha, Chief Correspondent

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has intervened to clear the mess in the Haryana unit of her party.

Predictions that her party may be on the verge of sweeping the state legislative assembly polls have created problems in the Congress.

While Sonia's unusual step of convening meetings with all party nominees individually on Wednesday evening is being termed as "stock taking interaction", party sources say she had to do this to quell factional fights.

"She used the occasion to tell all nominees clearly that they should merely concentrate on winning their seats and not bother about who will become the next …