Can the Congress party survive without the Gandhis? Some senior Congress leaders who were left in the lurch by Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi are now demanding that the Gandhis must say goodbye and give the leadership to new faces.
There are also leaders who express the opinion that Congress will survive only with the Gandhis. Prashant Kishore the Poll strategist says that Congress in fact join others and defeat the BJP in the coming elections.
It is really interesting to note that since 2014 about 177 MPs and MLAs and 222 candidates have left Congress. After the Lok Sabha defeat of 2014, the party has lacked accountability and acceptability.
There have been negligible attempts to increase accessibility and reach out to the electorate. Prashant Kishore who tried to revive the party left it as he was not given the post that he was aspiring for.
Now he is back into the congress fold for doing a major rejig. There is no decentralization of the power in Congress. The leadership decides every appointment, including PCCs and DCCs, based on the names given to them. “They don’t have direct contact with them.
In this power structure, therefore, the organization is bereft of any vision,” Kishore opined.The leadership had not communicated with stalwarts like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan, Bhupinder Hooda, Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari, and Raj Babbar.
If even those minimal reforms consistent with the provisions of the Congress constitution are not accepted, and there is no dialogue, forget about acceptance, then how do we fight the battle against Modi.
Prashant is of the Opinion that the leadership should leave this space for somebody else who will be elected and not nominated. Allow that person to perform. Now the next election is in Gujarat. We have to see what changes Congress is going to make for getting some seats.
Will AAP join the Congress infighting BJP is another question. Mamata is not interested in the Congress party. KCR the Telangana CM wants a front minus congress.
