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Mukkuroni's avatar

My family has been Congress for decades. I was highly sympathetic to Rahul - I can’t imagine the trauma of having your beloved father blown to bits. I was glad to see the success of the Jodo Yatra. However, I was immensely put off by his calls for foreign intervention in India - to do what? To restore a dynasty? His dynasty? Be careful what you wish for - calls to undemocratically topple a government can only lead to a military coup. Fight at the ballot box, for heavens sake.

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Ram Rahim's avatar

Your post misses the point. Has any Congress MP or MLA spoken against criminal defamation or reforms of defamation laws? No.

Has the Congress Cadre organized nationwide protests or galvanized (new and old) supporters? No.

And that is the issue right there. Voters and Congress' cadre ever shrinking cadre are extremely apathetic with the Congress' dynastic leadership. The Cadres has been left to fend for themselves and are constantly ignored by the leadership. Voters have suffered from calcification of state capacity and institutions (that Congress Govts have consistently ignored). Now those same state and institutions are hammering Congress with the same instruments Congress maintained post independence. There's very little sympathy amongst Indians and Congress' cadre for the Gandhis.

The Gandhis are their own liability and they are dragging the entire Opposition down along with them.

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