Senior Congress leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj on Thursday made a direct attack on party president Sonia Gandhi alleging that she "shared no responsibility" and was in the "grip of sycophants and corrupt people".
"It is a matter of great sorrow that our leaders are getting summons from the court... those at the top level, including at the level of former prime minister. Does Sonia not understand what happened, why it happened and who did it? Everything is known. That is the style. Sharing no responsibility and yet do everything," he told television channel Headlines Today.
Bhardwaj, who was known as a Gandhi family loyalist, alleged that the Congress President was "in the grip of couple of sycophants and corrupt people".
Bhardwaj was not included in the UPA-II after being the law minister in the UPA-I and was instead made a governor. His remarks have come at a time when there is a tussle between the old guard and the generation next amid growing talk that Rahul Gandhi would be anointed soon.
