Last few days social media is flooded with various reactions to Rahul Gandhi's decision to resign as the president of Congress.
Some supported while some have made comments like running away from responsibilities, in the midst of the party’s rout etc. If he didn’t resign, they would have said that the dynasty wants to cling to the position, even after its disaster under his leadership. After resignation, everybody said it’s a drama, enacted by the family to save its skin, but will take back once formal requests were made by different sections of people. If he wanted to take back, he wouldn’t have waited for so many days after submission of the resignation. That shows his firmness. After that some said, he will appoint his own man and do the back seat driving. He made it clear that he will not have any say in selection, as its improper. No appreciation for all these genuine observations, because of the biased mindset. I wonder how people will stoop down to any level in casting aspersions. One should have the courage to accept the truth, and people are expected to be genuine in making observations. In fact, submission of resignation, at his level, and with his background, is a rare instance, accepting responsibility for his party’s defeat. But in my view, it’s not a written off party as yet. As the party’s national vote share in the recent elections was 19%, which shows its relevance even today. However, Rahul has put all his bashers and talk of the dynasty to some rest now. And there is no reason why it can’t pick up steam again.
Rahul’s refusal to continue and his efforts to nominate his successor is reflective of his personality. Winning or losing election is a part of the political game. If coming back of the party to power didn’t happen it’s not all his failure, still, he took responsibility for the debacle and I'm sure, no leader or party could have done anything differently and more rewardingly in the face of the resurgence of religion. Let us accept the truth, Hinduism succeeded in playing Hindutva card in swaying the voters to BJPs favor. Sadhvi’s statement in Bhopal, who called Mahatma ‘s assassin a patriot, and won with a huge margin, is a glaring example in this regard.
Rahul’s resignation was a culmination of ruling party’s decade long strategy to discredit Nehru-Gandhi scion and project him as a non-serious politician with virtually no leadership qualities. This persistent, well-planned campaign to defame Rahul, and show up the Congress as a “family-owned enterprise” was essentially meant to weaken the grand old party as they know that this family is a glue that holds everything and everyone together. While Rahul being the main target of the attack, even they didn’t leave Sonia also and made sure that both are kept embroiled in cases of financial irregularities. BJP knows that in order to weaken Congress, the first thing is it has to weaken the first family and we have all seen the name and fame of the so-called central agencies(ECI, CBI, CVC,etc) in the present day context.
We have seen Indira lost 1977 election following Emergency, but made a strong come back in1980 by winning back people’s confidence. Rahul’s successor should take a leaf out of Mrs. Gandhi’s book, and fight. The party should stand for the principles of truth and non-violence. In fact, I would even suggest that the next president should strive to get back all the parties that got separated from Congress like Trinamool, NCP, YSRCP, etc and like-minded ones into its fold and consolidate its presence across the country. There is no mass leader like Rahul, in their party, and his plain and straightforward strategy didn’t work, but that’s no reason to give up. Now only a starting has been made to detach Congress with Gandhi family. It's for the seniors and youngsters to work together to steer the party to get back its old glory.
Some supported while some have made comments like running away from responsibilities, in the midst of the party’s rout etc. If he didn’t resign, they would have said that the dynasty wants to cling to the position, even after its disaster under his leadership. After resignation, everybody said it’s a drama, enacted by the family to save its skin, but will take back once formal requests were made by different sections of people. If he wanted to take back, he wouldn’t have waited for so many days after submission of the resignation. That shows his firmness. After that some said, he will appoint his own man and do the back seat driving. He made it clear that he will not have any say in selection, as its improper. No appreciation for all these genuine observations, because of the biased mindset. I wonder how people will stoop down to any level in casting aspersions. One should have the courage to accept the truth, and people are expected to be genuine in making observations. In fact, submission of resignation, at his level, and with his background, is a rare instance, accepting responsibility for his party’s defeat. But in my view, it’s not a written off party as yet. As the party’s national vote share in the recent elections was 19%, which shows its relevance even today. However, Rahul has put all his bashers and talk of the dynasty to some rest now. And there is no reason why it can’t pick up steam again.
Rahul’s refusal to continue and his efforts to nominate his successor is reflective of his personality. Winning or losing election is a part of the political game. If coming back of the party to power didn’t happen it’s not all his failure, still, he took responsibility for the debacle and I'm sure, no leader or party could have done anything differently and more rewardingly in the face of the resurgence of religion. Let us accept the truth, Hinduism succeeded in playing Hindutva card in swaying the voters to BJPs favor. Sadhvi’s statement in Bhopal, who called Mahatma ‘s assassin a patriot, and won with a huge margin, is a glaring example in this regard.
Rahul’s resignation was a culmination of ruling party’s decade long strategy to discredit Nehru-Gandhi scion and project him as a non-serious politician with virtually no leadership qualities. This persistent, well-planned campaign to defame Rahul, and show up the Congress as a “family-owned enterprise” was essentially meant to weaken the grand old party as they know that this family is a glue that holds everything and everyone together. While Rahul being the main target of the attack, even they didn’t leave Sonia also and made sure that both are kept embroiled in cases of financial irregularities. BJP knows that in order to weaken Congress, the first thing is it has to weaken the first family and we have all seen the name and fame of the so-called central agencies(ECI, CBI, CVC,etc) in the present day context.
We have seen Indira lost 1977 election following Emergency, but made a strong come back in1980 by winning back people’s confidence. Rahul’s successor should take a leaf out of Mrs. Gandhi’s book, and fight. The party should stand for the principles of truth and non-violence. In fact, I would even suggest that the next president should strive to get back all the parties that got separated from Congress like Trinamool, NCP, YSRCP, etc and like-minded ones into its fold and consolidate its presence across the country. There is no mass leader like Rahul, in their party, and his plain and straightforward strategy didn’t work, but that’s no reason to give up. Now only a starting has been made to detach Congress with Gandhi family. It's for the seniors and youngsters to work together to steer the party to get back its old glory.
