"It's a healthy day for democracy in Congress, it's a healthy day for democracy in UPA government and it's a healthy day for democracy in India," Deora, Union Minister of State for Communication and IT, told reporters in Mumbai.
Deora was responding to questions about whether Congress and the UPA government were not on the same page on the Ordinance that prompted a strong criticism by Rahul.
Deora, who was the lone Union minister to have publicly disfavoured the Ordinance before its public denunciation by Rahul, however, said nobody in the government or the party had sought to "undermine the authority, the strength of the Prime Minister who all of us have tremendous respect for".
"The party and the government are one in this. We are solidly behind the PM and the government and party are one (on the Ordinance)," he said.
