Sonia refused PM's position: Shivakumar amid K'taka power tussle
Amid reports of a power tussle over Karnataka CM post, Congress leader and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar praised ex-Congress president Sonia Gandhi at an event. "Sonia Gandhi was Congress chief for 20 years...She also sacrificed power…Abdul Kalam called her to become the next PM, but she refused and suggested Manmohan Singh as someone who could develop the country," he said.