New Delhi :Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked all political parties to set aside differences and support the Food Security Bill so that a “big message” could be sent out about Indias capabilities after declaring Congress goal to wipe out hunger and malnutrition.

Debating in Lok Sabha on Food Bill, she rejected questions over whether the country had resources to implement the landmark measure.

The question is not whether we have enough resources or not and whether it would benefit the farmers or not. We have to arrange resources for it. We have to do it, she said in the House where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was present.

Gandhi said farmers and agriculture have always remained priority of the UPA.

Agreeing that reforming public distribution system (PDS) was a must for the food law, Gandhi noted that there was basic need to remove the leakages to ensure that benefits of the food bill reached the intended beneficiary.

Gandhi said the Congress had made a commitment to the nation in the 2009 election manifesto to bring forward such a legislation. It is one in a series of various rights promised and provided by UPA like Right to Information, Right to Education, Right to Work and Right to Forest Produce.