On Monday, party veteran Karan Singh suggested electing an interim president along with four working presidents to induct “young people into positions of authority”.
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It is unusual for the President of India to promote or take part in the promotion of government schemes anywhere in the country. But when it comes to the constituency of his son, the current President seems to have made an exception.
Kumar Anshuman
After naming the candidate for presidential polls, Congress asks other opposition parties to take the lead and name the vice presidential candidate.
ANUBHUTI VISHNOI
The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Yes, the consensus comment remain the same – it is the youthful thinking and being relevant with the time that makes a leader young, age too remaining a factor for a lively chord with the youth. If age only was the factor, Rahul should have succeeded in comparison to Modi. He could not proving the age only is not a factor.
Congress is struggling with the dual dilemma – the young and dynamic leadership and shedding the dynast image. Dynasty, which had so far been asset has now become the liability all over – be it Lalu’s son, Mulayam’s son or anybody else.
A rather dangerous comment has come up that the top Congress person should be a bridge between the ‘Family’ and CWC – that means inter alia the Family would prevail over CWC and the Party eventually! Congress, in fact, does not lack the young or youthful leaders, it lacks the will to promote those in place of family or family loyals. There had been times when the leaders from Youth Congress or it’s student wing leaders would migrate to mainstream. It has slowed down in recent years.
The most vital question is whether the Congress at all feels that it has a historical role to play even in the face of landslide mandate for BJP. If it does, it should do everything to catch the imazination of the society at large.
It is very much doubtful that the family is desirous to loosen it’s grip over the party. The Clarion call of Rahul about accountability did not make many to resign still. These means a lot for the party. That the CWC is taking lot of time to take the call also speaks a lot. Lot of thinking must be going on in the background including in the family and lastly The Comment that the incumbent should act as a bridge between the Family and the CWC might very well prevail. Rahul could not be acceptable not only because of his dynasty, but more because of his immaturity and incompetence. And many of his own leaders did not own him and did not support him heartily. He is correct when he says that at times he felt alone. Why this had happened? Definitely not because of his being the Son of the family, but largely because of his inability to inculcate the confidence and take his people along.
Given this situation, the debate of Young vs Old is irrelevant for the party. The most relevant point is whether the Party at all wish to reinvent itself and make out a strategy to sell itself and more importantly whether it recognises itself as a dynamic opposition and a govt in waiting.
Leaders like Vajpayee and Modi always remain youthful and connected to the dreams of Young India despite their age. No leader, as on date, is comparable to Modi in selling dreams to young India – the dream of a corruption free country, dream of a robust self reliant India, dream of a super power India. The Leadership, after all, is all about selling the dreams at the first place – the achievement of the dreams may actually be a deferred accomplishment. Modi was able to sell a set of dreams in 2014 and quite another set of dreams in 2019. That is his persona ! People who now question the equity and wisdom of electorates in deciding the mandate are committing another blunder. In a more matured democracy like US, Trump too could sell his set of dreams and continues to do so every other day.
A leader and a party need to be connected with the psycosociological status of the prevailing time and get it correct. In plain words this is being relevant with the time.
Now it is upto Congress to address itself properly, question itself and prepare itself. Sooner it understands the pulse of the people – better for it and more better for the country!
At least, this demand shows that Congress has finally accepted what everyone was talking about all these years: “Rahul is NOT either ‘young’ or ‘Youth’ as he was described by these party men”.
Age is only one ingredient. However, the next Congress chief needs a lot of energy, even aggression. Sixty would be the outer limit.
Yes, the consensus comment remain the same – it is the youthful thinking and being relevant with the time that makes a leader young, age too remaining a factor for a lively chord with the youth. If age only was the factor, Rahul should have succeeded in comparison to Modi. He could not proving the age only is not a factor.
Congress is struggling with the dual dilemma – the young and dynamic leadership and shedding the dynast image. Dynasty, which had so far been asset has now become the liability all over – be it Lalu’s son, Mulayam’s son or anybody else.
A rather dangerous comment has come up that the top Congress person should be a bridge between the ‘Family’ and CWC – that means inter alia the Family would prevail over CWC and the Party eventually! Congress, in fact, does not lack the young or youthful leaders, it lacks the will to promote those in place of family or family loyals. There had been times when the leaders from Youth Congress or it’s student wing leaders would migrate to mainstream. It has slowed down in recent years.
The most vital question is whether the Congress at all feels that it has a historical role to play even in the face of landslide mandate for BJP. If it does, it should do everything to catch the imazination of the society at large.
It is very much doubtful that the family is desirous to loosen it’s grip over the party. The Clarion call of Rahul about accountability did not make many to resign still. These means a lot for the party. That the CWC is taking lot of time to take the call also speaks a lot. Lot of thinking must be going on in the background including in the family and lastly The Comment that the incumbent should act as a bridge between the Family and the CWC might very well prevail. Rahul could not be acceptable not only because of his dynasty, but more because of his immaturity and incompetence. And many of his own leaders did not own him and did not support him heartily. He is correct when he says that at times he felt alone. Why this had happened? Definitely not because of his being the Son of the family, but largely because of his inability to inculcate the confidence and take his people along.
Given this situation, the debate of Young vs Old is irrelevant for the party. The most relevant point is whether the Party at all wish to reinvent itself and make out a strategy to sell itself and more importantly whether it recognises itself as a dynamic opposition and a govt in waiting.
Leaders like Vajpayee and Modi always remain youthful and connected to the dreams of Young India despite their age. No leader, as on date, is comparable to Modi in selling dreams to young India – the dream of a corruption free country, dream of a robust self reliant India, dream of a super power India. The Leadership, after all, is all about selling the dreams at the first place – the achievement of the dreams may actually be a deferred accomplishment. Modi was able to sell a set of dreams in 2014 and quite another set of dreams in 2019. That is his persona ! People who now question the equity and wisdom of electorates in deciding the mandate are committing another blunder. In a more matured democracy like US, Trump too could sell his set of dreams and continues to do so every other day.
A leader and a party need to be connected with the psycosociological status of the prevailing time and get it correct. In plain words this is being relevant with the time.
Now it is upto Congress to address itself properly, question itself and prepare itself. Sooner it understands the pulse of the people – better for it and more better for the country!
At least, this demand shows that Congress has finally accepted what everyone was talking about all these years: “Rahul is NOT either ‘young’ or ‘Youth’ as he was described by these party men”.