It has been quite a while since the name of Rahul Gandhi being once again doing round to be made president of the Congress with every important leader asserting that there is no alternative (TINA). He is the only leader with acceptability from all across but Rahul Gandhi is not ready to take up the responsibility. Despite the fact that not only Sonia Gandhi willing and trying hard to hand over baton to Rahul but he is not ready to take up the responsibility of Congress president once again. The way he attacks Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it indicates that he is here to take on the Modi government but not with any responsibility. Reportedly the Congress is ready to go to any extent to defeat the BJP impacting the Modi-Shah duo but that be done with ad-hocism. But political analysts feel that tentative approach to deal with the BJP is not a long term solution and half-hogged approach of the Congress has not been able to corner the BJP on such issues where they could have taken the upper hand over the BJP. Party workers are also discouraged and states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and some other Hindi belt states need a leadership and organisational structure as they are finding it difficult to keep their flocks together. Not only senior Congress leaders but second rung leadership of the party are of the view that there is no other face as acceptable as Rahul Gandhi who also has good intent at heart, zero baggage and consistently takes an aggressive stand in fighting against the might of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They also want a long-term advisory role for Sonia Gandhi to capitalise on her experience and expertise in handling Congress affairs and that would help the new president to revive Congress and taking on the BJP. (By Rakesh Ranjan)
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Rahul Gandhi -- the TINA factor within the Congress
By IndianMandarins - 2020-03-09 12:23:00
It has been quite a while since the name of Rahul Gandhi being once again doing round to be made president of the Congress with every important leader asserting that there is no alternative (TINA). He is the only leader with acceptability from all across but Rahul Gandhi is not ready to take up the responsibility.
Despite the fact that not only Sonia Gandhi willing and trying hard to hand over baton to Rahul but he is not ready to take up the responsibility of Congress president once again. The way he attacks Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it indicates that he is here to take on the Modi government but not with any responsibility. Reportedly the Congress is ready to go to any extent to defeat the BJP impacting the Modi-Shah duo but that be done with ad-hocism.
But political analysts feel that tentative approach to deal with the BJP is not a long term solution and half-hogged approach of the Congress has not been able to corner the BJP on such issues where they could have taken the upper hand over the BJP. Party workers are also discouraged and states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and some other Hindi belt states need a leadership and organisational structure as they are finding it difficult to keep their flocks together.
Not only senior Congress leaders but second rung leadership of the party are of the view that there is no other face as acceptable as Rahul Gandhi who also has good intent at heart, zero baggage and consistently takes an aggressive stand in fighting against the might of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They also want a long-term advisory role for Sonia Gandhi to capitalise on her experience and expertise in handling Congress affairs and that would help the new president to revive Congress and taking on the BJP.
(By Rakesh Ranjan)
