"Rahul Gandhi, Modi's biggest weapon against Congress, should quit politics"

by Guest Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:50 pm

At 46, Rahul Gandhi has nothing to show on his CV except, perhaps, the secret destruction of the country's oldest political party — the Congress. If that is his mission, he's accomplished it beyond measure.

Gandhi perhaps has more defeats to his credit than any other leader and yet he chose to do a familiar vanishing act after the Congress's debacle in Uttar Pradesh.

His ally Akhilesh Yadav, on the other hand, held a press conference where he gracefully accepted defeat and refused to blame the Congress, which had bargained for a 100-plus seats (but won only seven). This election has also seen the Congress vote share slip to a historic low in UP.

So, was Gandhi sitting next to his ally?

No.

He's performed a vanishing act. Congress sources say that he's not flown off abroad, a familiar party anxiety, but is in seclusion refusing to say much....

At this point with Gandhi emerging as Modi's biggest secret weapon, it's time to call it quits before even a supine Congress party rebels.

http://www.dailyo.in/politics/rahul-gandhi-quit-congress/story/1/16164.html

by silvermani Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:37 pm

At-least he could have supported Maya's claim of voting machine rigging. He chose to hide instead. If he resigns, what will happen to Sonia? She is old and not in great health.

by Guest Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:45 pm

silvermani wrote:At-least he could have supported Maya's claim of voting machine rigging. He chose to hide instead. If he resigns, what will happen to Sonia? She is old and not in great health.

Priyanka could take over leadership of the Congress (after divorcing Vadra possibly). The other solution is to hold genuine in-house elections for leadership of the Congress party but there are questions about whether this will improve or worsen the Congress's situation.

Congressmen worry that without the Gandhi family at the helm, the Congress will break apart. In the case of the BJP, it is the RSS which provides the glue to keep it together.

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