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Failure of Congress High-command: How many Scindhias?

By IndianMandarins- 11 Mar 2020
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When PM Narendra Modi as Gujarat CM gave a ‘war cry’ of Congress Mukt Bharat (Congress free India), he must have thought about it very well before uttering it but he would definitely have not imagined that the Congress would be complimenting him in his mission. Resignation of Jyotiraditya Scindhia from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress (INC) following his meeting with the PM indicates that only.

How? The Congress leadership has not only failed to retain Scindhia but the Congress High-command let other leaders to part ways from the grand old party with a heavy heart which many experts term as Congress leadership’s suicidal move and the BJP calling the  same as ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’. We call it just a symptom which has gripped the Congress for a few decades.

Scindhia being the latest victim as very recently a close aid of Rahul Gandhi, former Haryana State Congress President and Dalit leader Ashok Tanwar resigned just ahead of Assembly elections. A Brahmin leader and Congress stalwart Jitin Prasada has been on brinks for many years now.

Loosing out Hemanta Biswa Sarma in Assam is still termed as the the biggest loss of the Congress who is delivering goods for the BJP. The way Congress leadership mishandled division of Andhra Pradesh and ill-treated Jagan Reddy and his mother that is an irreparable loss to the Congress which has almost disappeared from southern India except in Kerala.

There is no qualm in saying that the so-called old guards of Congress have turned more into liabilities than assets now and their decisions quite often proved to be harming the interest of the party but serving their own interest. Decades back Motilal Vohra and Digvijay Singh had ensured exit of Ajit Jogi setting Congress out of power for over 15 years in Chhattisgarh. Now Scindhia is out Congress and Digvijay Singh and Kamal Nath figure in this time around.

In Schindhia’s exit from the Congress, even a political novice can well understand that ignoring and sidelining him by Kamal Nath and Digvijaya showed their political eccentrics. Jyotiriditya’s stature deserved Rajya Sabha berth if not then at least he deserved more respect in the organisation.

Even in power-politics; recognition and self-respect become more important than power and position after a certain period of time. Be it Reddy, Jogi, Hemanta Biswa Sarma, Ashok Tanwar or Jyotiraditya, the Congress high command appears to have been miserably in maintaining its gravity to keep hold of political forces and resources.

Ignoring many seasoned Lok Sabha members over Adhir Ranjan Choudhary as leader of the party in Lok Sabha and ignoring Pramod Tiwari for infinity in UP will lead to some more disasters. One can blame Modi-Shah to make their bit to make India Congress-free, but who will be blamed for complimenting them?

(By Rakesh Ranjan)

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