Mangaluru: Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi reportedly asked senior congress leader B Janardhana Poojary not to criticise congress party and its leaders in the public instead he can raise any issue in the party meetings held local, state and national level.

Gandhi also informed Poojary that he is free to contact the party high command in any case. The suggestion might have came in the wake of his verbal attack on congress party and Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and upcoming state assembly elections.