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Why Rahul Gandhi Failed?<br />
By : VINOD CHANDRASHEKHAR DIXIT<br />
The decline and fall of the Congress is<br />
an arresting story written time and<br />
again; but this time the party is at the<br />
nadir of its influence in politics. The results<br />
are a lesson for the Congress Party; it is on a<br />
steady decline in the country's political<br />
arena. The Congress' revival pivots on its<br />
ability to address its crisis of credibility,<br />
encouraging state leaders, and functioning as<br />
a vigorous Opposition in Parliament.<br />
Recently , TIME magazine stated that the<br />
Congress party has “little to offer other than<br />
the dynastic principle, yet another member<br />
of the Nehru-Gandhi family” and that the<br />
party lacks “political imagination”,<br />
something that demonstrated by the<br />
Congress choosing to bring Priyanka<br />
Gandhi-Vadra — Rahul Gandhi's sister —<br />
into the Indian political arena. Priyanka's<br />
entry in to active politics was a long-term<br />
wish of many Congress workers. She<br />
reminds them of Indira Gandhi's attractive<br />
pleasing personality and is a new face for<br />
the Congress. It is also observed that such<br />
personalities sometimes increase the vote<br />
share by 5 to 7 per cent but that also did not<br />
happen. She brought with her the grace of<br />
Gandhi Nehru lineage and her immense<br />
personal charm. But she has mostly stayed<br />
in the shadow of her brother Rahul, heirapparent<br />
of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.<br />
One would have observed that the decline<br />
and fall of the Congress is an arresting story<br />
written time and again; but this time the<br />
party is at the nadir of its influence in<br />
politics. Rahul Gandhi by wearing his Hindu<br />
identity on his sleeves is taking the 'Bull' by<br />
its horns. . Though Rahul's elevation to<br />
Congress President is imminent, the<br />
challenges before him are immense. Many<br />
years of congress party rule of India has<br />
passed with poverty still keeping hold of the<br />
farmers and<br />
other poor<br />
people, dirt and<br />
squalor in the<br />
environment<br />
and corruption<br />
and black<br />
money<br />
laundering<br />
persisting in<br />
Indian society.<br />
This has<br />
naturally<br />
become a cause<br />
of concern for<br />
Congress cadres<br />
who feel that<br />
Rahul Gandhi's<br />
inability to<br />
learn on the job<br />
even after more<br />
than 12 years in<br />
Parliament has<br />
put a serious<br />
question mark on the party's future and their<br />
own political survival. Rahul had promised<br />
that farmers' entire loan will be waived in 10<br />
days of the government's formation in the<br />
state but failed. They took vote on promising<br />
entire loan waiver but the government failed<br />
to deliver<br />
It is clear that Rahul Gandhi's hurdles in<br />
congress are his inexperience and his<br />
inaccessibility. His image is also an aloof<br />
one. He doesn't feel he has to have his own<br />
mouthpiece website and mobile application<br />
to make himself more accessible to people.<br />
Rahul Gandhi has different plans in mind<br />
but it does not work. Why ? He may seem<br />
extremely well intentioned but does that<br />
translate to an effectual administrator and<br />
visionary leader.<br />
17<br />
May 2019
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