How will history judge Sonia Gandhi?

by Guest Sat Dec 16, 2017 11:40 am

Now to her two main failures. First, her inability to comprehend what was happening to the Hindu psyche, and the process of Hinduisation that was underway. The “Hindu Hridaya Samrat” Narendra Modi was able to encash this sentiment in 2014. A.K. Antony in his post mortem report of the Congress rout in 2014 had acknowledged that the Congress’ “pro-minority” image had hurt the party’s prospects, when traditionally the Congress had been an umbrella party representing all communities. Many Hindus reacted (rightly or wrongly is immaterial here) to what they saw as “appeasement” of the Muslims (who remain at the bottom of the heap in education, jobs, health).

Rahul Gandhi’s temple-hopping in Gujarat is an attempt to correct that impression. Two, she could neither assess nor control the damage done to the Congress during UPA II, when the scams hit the party. Always reluctant to rock the boat, she neither took timely action — when she did, the damage had been done — nor was the Congress able to turn around the situation by setting a different political agenda. Initially, Sonia used to take decisions by consulting a wide group of people; later this changed...

How will history judge Sonia Gandhi? A Congress president who largely held the 132 year-old party together, who declined PMship, which few do and this gained her popular acceptance, who created a sense of confidence in the minorities, so important in a nation as diverse as ours, and who took the party to unexpected victories but also to its worst ever performance. And whose stewardship of the Congress paved the way for the unprecedented rise of the Hindu nationalist forces in India....

But it is not likely to be curtains for Sonia and she is expected to continue as “chairperson” of the Congress parliamentary party, and the head of the UPA, tasked to enlarge it for the big battle ahead in 2019. She will also be called upon to mediate in decisions within the Congress, between the party’s old guard and Rahul’s new team.

http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/as-sonia-gandhi-makes-way-4984673/

by SomeProfile Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:30 pm

Doucheman - how does the below historical 5th consecutive win beating 22 years incumbency feel up your ass? rofl

How will history judge Sonia Gandhi? Cactus-polaskia-chip-chip

How will history judge Sonia Gandhi?

How will history judge Sonia Gandhi?

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