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Ready to sweep floor if Sonia asks, says C'garh Congress chief

RAIPUR, June 18:Chhattisgarh Congress chief Charan Das Mahant has said he will

"sweep the party office with a broom" if asked by Congress PresidentSonia Gandhi, inviting ridicule from BJP, which called him a "syco-phant" who considers his post as that of a "fourth grade" employee.

"I follow the directives of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, I fol-low the orders of Rahul Gandhi...It's a clear cut example that ifthey will ask me to sweep Chhattisgarh Pradesh CongressCommittee (office), I will do that," Mahant, also a Union minister,told reporters yesterday.(PTI)