The tragedy of Rahul Gandhi

by Guest Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:21 am

Sources say that Akhilesh, who has 90 percent of the SP backing him, will not compromise on Amar Singh and ticket distribution but, to ensure family unity, will concede some ground on Shivpal Yadav. That's the only face-saver Netaji is likely to get.

Mayawati, meanwhile is trying to build an impregnable citadel of Muslim-Dalit voters by taking away the SP's share of the 19 percent of UP voters that Muslims make; typically, the winning side has their vote en masse.

And where is the Congress in all? Rahul Gandhi, Vice President, is still on his extended foreign break with elections barely five weeks away. As one Congress leader said bitterly, "Some General. Abandons his troops on the eve of battle.'' But the Congress will manage an alliance with Akhilesh's faction of the SP with a much-publicised meeting between the two "yuva (youth) leaders'' after Gandhi's return; the contours are more or less ironed out.

As the electoral stop-watch ticks, watch this space - UP has a way of turning every relationship and alliance on its head.

http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/amit-shah-moves-quick-to-capitalise-on-yadavs-feud-1646465?pfrom=home-lateststories

by Guest Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:22 am

The final list of Congress candidates for the February 4 Assembly polls in Punjab, will be out by January 9, state party chief Captain Amarinder Singh said.
The Congress has so far declared candidates for 77 out of the total 117 Assembly seats.
Party insiders say the delay occurred as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is out of the country, and the party is waiting for him to return before it announces the complete list of names.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-4096010/Rahul-Gandhi-s-extended-New-Year-vacation-DELAYS-release-candidates-list-Punjab-Congress.html

The tragedy of Rahul Gandhi

The tragedy of Rahul Gandhi

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