Congress needs a full time politician for revival

Congress party is not that weak as it appears to be. It still has its core base intact to a great extent and it just needs a charismatic leader to uplift the party from ashes. But the problem is that neither the “crown prince” is himself ready to lead the party from the front nor is he allowing to let anyone else become the commander. The party has always risen from heavy political defeats in the past when it was written off (after defeats in 1977, 1989, 1998, 1999 etc.). But it has always risen from ashes like Phonics only because of its strong and foresighted leadership which is missing today. Now, the party has become a private limited company sort of thing and its leadership is like later Mughals. Mughal Emperor Shah Alam’s empire was from Delhi to Palam. Similarly the Congress Empire ranges from 10 Janpath (Sonia Gandhi’s official home) to Rahul Gandhi's residence. Yes, the party is in power in many states like MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Punjab etc. but Gandhi family has little or no control on regional satraps. To cap it all, Congress just needs a leader who is full time politician and who doesn't personally hates Modi and is willing to learn from Modi to defeat Modi.

Rajesh Kumar