PM reduced to unedifying flip-flops creating confusion on what he really stands for: Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said he had been reduced to "unedifying flip-flops" and had failed abysmally to "match media events with actual accomplishments."

Addressing top party leaders at the Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, Gandhi accused the government of targeting Jawaharlal Nehru, country's first prime minister.

"The Modi Government has failed abysmally to match words with deeds, to match media events with actual accomplishments. The economy is on a downward slide while prices continue on their unrelenting rise," the Congress President said.

"History is sought to be rewritten with special targeting of Jawaharlal Nehru."

She also said that the Modi government is "out of touch" with the ground realities.

"The U-turn on Land Ordinance is evidence that government is out of touch with ground realities," said Sonia. "Thanks to our party's sustained campaign, the government has been compelled to withdraw its anti-farmer amendments," she added.

"The economy is on a downward slide while prices continue on their unrelenting rise. As for promises such as the creation of jobs or slogans such as Make in India, the less said about them the better," said Gandhi.

The Congress President also blamed the BJP for threatening the media, saying, "The media is being threatened with notices and other repressive measures."

"The security situation in our neighbourhood has deteriorated considerably. Instead of a coherent policy on Pakistan, this Government can't seem to make up its mind on what it should do," said Gandhi commenting on the Indo-Pak relations.

She also lashed out at BJP for its three-day BJP-RSS meet last week. "The country last week was given clear evidence of what is obvious for a long time. Modi Government is controlled and directed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh."

The CWC is likely to extend Sonia Gandhi's term by another year. The current term of Sonia, who has been at the helm for 18 years, is expiring in December, sources in the party said.

Party sources said Rahul Gandhi, who was elevated as vice president in January 2013, was not yet ready to take charge. There was also the talk that any change in the leadership before the Bihar elections could prove counterproductive.

Following Rahul's return from a sabbatical a few months back the party was abuzz with talks about his likely elevation to the top post. However, the Congress' central election authority had abruptly cancelled the election of the Congress president scheduled sometime in September-October.

The schedule for holding the next organisational elections, which could see Rahul's elevation as Congress president, may be set in motion anytime next year.

The CWC deliberated on a host of issues to take on the Modi government, which it forced onto the back foot over the land bill and alleged wrongdoing by BJP leaders, including two chief ministers.

The meeting comes days after the land ordinance was allowed to lapse as the government, facing stiff all-round resistance, decided not to re-promulgate it for the fourth time.