Despite having emerged as the single-largest party
Rahul has been unable to change that. First of all, let me clarify that the topic of the debate is not correct as no political party in India or elsewhere in the world elects its president to politically support its rival. His mother Sonia Gandhi remote-controlled the UPA governments headed by Manmohan Singh and has now passed on the baton to him. Voters don’t know what it stands for, what it is offering.In fact, the BJP is happy of Rahul becoming president, that it would make the task easier of making India Congress-mukt. The party is ruling only in five states (might be four by next week) — Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya and Mizoram. Each and every Congressman is confident that under Rahul’s able and visionary leadership, the party will touch new heights in future, including the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.Far from matching up to those names, Rahul has been an unequivocal failure. Politics, specially in the Modi era, is all about political communication.
Motivated Congressmen under Rahul’s leadership will give a befitting reply to its opponent, specially the BJP, in the 2019 general election. Only time will tell whether he’ll sink or lead the party. Whether India is undergoing upheaval with demonetisation or a fresh round of Assembly elections are nigh, he has to take his December-end flight out and soon starts planning his birthday trip in June. It was the first time in history that the Congress went below 100 seats.With his vision and youthful energy, Rahul will give a new shape, motivation and direction to the party. He uses English words when addressing Hindi-speaking rural masses, often disappears for days from public discourse and has been a rich source of political humour. After his elevation as vice-president, the Congress slid down China Shower Curtain Rods factory to 44 seats in the Lok Sabha in the 2014 general election.The question is, whether Rahul can strategise to win elections against the winning machine of Mr Modi and BJP president Amit Shah — two of the master strategists?The writer is Delhi’s BJP spokespersonCongress’ fortunes will turnArjun PuriWith Rahul Gandhi taking over the presidency of the Congress, power has passed to a fourth generation of India’s most influential political family.Seen as a part-time politician, Rahul never misses his holidays. He took upon himself the task of reviving the party’s youth organisations and failed.Cong-mukt India now an easy taskHarish KhuranaRahul Gandhi, scion of India’s most enduring political dynasty, will now preside over the 132-year-old Indian National Congress.The elevation of Rahul comes at a time when its fortunes have touched an all-time low. Each holiday lasts around two weeks. She led the party and its campaigns successfully from the front and ensured 10 uninterrupted years in power at the Centre.
It brings down the curtain on Sonia Gandhi’s era. He said he wanted to rebuild the party organisation in its home turf of Uttar Pradesh, but has only seen it worsen. The unopposed election of Rahul for the office of Congress president shows the faith of party workers, leaders and delegates in him. By contrast, Mr Modi projects the image of a 24×7 leader. The party has even lost its ability to stitch together clever coalitions. The "crown" of president poses several challenges for Rahul. By his own admission, he is no match for Mr Modi in mass communication. Despite having emerged as the single-largest party in Goa and Manipur Assembly elections earlier this year, the Congress was outmanoeuvred by the BJP in stitching alliances and forming governments.Diffident over secularism, its credibility in tatters over corruption allegations, unwilling to fight elections with a killer instinct, and unable to set the agenda against the Narendra Modi government, the Congress today faces an identity crisis. His grandmother Indira Gandhi was the country’s longest-serving PM, while his father Rajiv Gandhi was PM.Far from being the solution, Rahul is seen as the problem. His great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was India’s first PM.Rahul, a three-time member of Parliament, is a descendant of the makers of modern India.When Sonia Gandhi came out to speak on the result, Rahul merely stood by her side smiling
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