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Even Shashi Tharoor has accepted that Congress is already part of political dustbin and history. To keep Rahul Gandhi as president is finishing the job faster.
An extremely erudite person, he may have the interests of his party close to his heart. But if he cannot see how India is unfolding as a country in recent times and still wishes to be a boot licker of a dynasty his fears and hopes are misplaced. He will continue to bang against a walk.
However hard you may try, the “loyalists” of Gandhi family are not going to like what you just said. Congress has never had internal democracy and never will. All presidents are appointed and not chosen. As Chanakya expounded 2000 years ago, “Nanda Vansh is not Patliputra and Patliputra is not Nanda Vansh. ” But who cared?
Sycophancy is too strong a glue of the family brand to be undone by random voices of dissent. Beta RG, who appears to be a decent soul, hasn’t it in him to rebuild and reboot a dying dinosaur that the Congress has become. With the glue on, and with regional parties driving it provincially, the show may go on for some more time. Meanwhile, young rotting voices may find migration to other parties a far more refreshing option from a career perspective, than staying on.
I absolutely agree with the views expressed by Mr Tharoor, this stalemate cannot go on. Rahul Gandhi is very important to the party but if he is reluctant to take on the reins someone else must do so before it is too late. There are plenty of young leaders in the party as there are senior and experienced leaders. Today it is the youth that we must seek out so it is the young leaders who hold that appeal, young leaders come with new perspectives, ideas and thought which must be aired and studied objectively. I feel that “change” is the only thing that is constant in life and those who accept it progress. I am not for a moment suggesting that every new idea be accepted at face value, one has to think through every new idea before implenting it. There is plenty of talent in the party, fair elections at each level will throw up dependable leaders.
The party must urgently start listening to regional leaders -they work on the ground and can feel the pulse of the people. They must be allowed to make choices of candidates etc.
The Congress must not forget that a strong and reliable opposition is essential, this they owe it to the nation today. After all they built this Nation from scratch and made us proud to be it’s citizens.
very sad. I wish congress would listen to him and get out of the quagmire it is in. As he says congress needs a thinking dynamic head like our Tejasvi Surya
The background information on Shri Shashi Tharoor was the longest that I have seen for the author of any piece published in The Print. I wonder why.
Even Shashi Tharoor has accepted that Congress is already part of political dustbin and history. To keep Rahul Gandhi as president is finishing the job faster.
An extremely erudite person, he may have the interests of his party close to his heart. But if he cannot see how India is unfolding as a country in recent times and still wishes to be a boot licker of a dynasty his fears and hopes are misplaced. He will continue to bang against a walk.
However hard you may try, the “loyalists” of Gandhi family are not going to like what you just said. Congress has never had internal democracy and never will. All presidents are appointed and not chosen. As Chanakya expounded 2000 years ago, “Nanda Vansh is not Patliputra and Patliputra is not Nanda Vansh. ” But who cared?
Sycophancy is too strong a glue of the family brand to be undone by random voices of dissent. Beta RG, who appears to be a decent soul, hasn’t it in him to rebuild and reboot a dying dinosaur that the Congress has become. With the glue on, and with regional parties driving it provincially, the show may go on for some more time. Meanwhile, young rotting voices may find migration to other parties a far more refreshing option from a career perspective, than staying on.
Congress should first have internal democracy ,and select a able leader who can lead the party from the front.
I absolutely agree with the views expressed by Mr Tharoor, this stalemate cannot go on. Rahul Gandhi is very important to the party but if he is reluctant to take on the reins someone else must do so before it is too late. There are plenty of young leaders in the party as there are senior and experienced leaders. Today it is the youth that we must seek out so it is the young leaders who hold that appeal, young leaders come with new perspectives, ideas and thought which must be aired and studied objectively. I feel that “change” is the only thing that is constant in life and those who accept it progress. I am not for a moment suggesting that every new idea be accepted at face value, one has to think through every new idea before implenting it. There is plenty of talent in the party, fair elections at each level will throw up dependable leaders.
The party must urgently start listening to regional leaders -they work on the ground and can feel the pulse of the people. They must be allowed to make choices of candidates etc.
The Congress must not forget that a strong and reliable opposition is essential, this they owe it to the nation today. After all they built this Nation from scratch and made us proud to be it’s citizens.
very sad. I wish congress would listen to him and get out of the quagmire it is in. As he says congress needs a thinking dynamic head like our Tejasvi Surya