There are two reports on the mess created during Sonia Gandhi’s absence. One of them shows the failure of the four person committee to control the fight between Chidambaran and Pranab Mukherjee. The head of said committee was the future PM of India Rahul Gandhi. This report implies that Rahul Gandhi failed and cried Mommy who came rushing back to bail out her son. Very non-complimentary articles. You would think that such an article was published in an RSS magazine or Daily Pioneer. You would be wrong. It was in India Today which is a veritable mouthpiece of the Congress. It must really be getting bad because even the faithful (or shall I say fat fools) are turning on their masters.That Rahul Gandhi has failed once again comes as no surprise to anyone with half a sense. However, the dependence of the Congress on the Gandhi family has reached become a malignant disease. It is pathetic. I will try to explain what I mean by that.
In a typical Indian family, fathers think they are the most powerful person but it is the mother who wields all the power. He only depends on her for advice. If the son in the family or anyone else tells him the color of the sky is blue, he will not believe it until the mother tells him that. People of a certain age and stature only believe or get their differences adjudicated by someone they respect / take seriously, either out of choice or by force. That is the premise of my argument.
Indian political parties are like families where the elders do not cede power until they are dead or handicapped. For someone young to come to power means that he will have to show strength and charisma backed by even more strength and threat. It is obvious that the elders in the Congress have scant respect for Rahul Gandhi. That is the only reason for the mess created in Sonia’s absence. She had to come back to solve the problem. It seems that she has solved the problem (at least from the Congress point of view). Does that speak of her abilities as a diplomat and a politician? Hardly. We all know her qualifications. The rudderless Congress of the late 1990s decided to make her the Goddess whom everyone in the party will worship without questioning. That action followed by a dictatorial coterie of chamchas has ensured the concentration of power. What is amazing is that the four man committee had three of the biggest chamchas from the Sonia Gandhi circle – Ahmad Patel, Janardhan Dwivedi and AK Antony. Even with her blessing, this gang of four could not handle the feuding elders in Congress. She was needed in person to solve this.
Does this look like a good system to you? The entire party is only functioning (if we can call the current government functioning) because of a perceived threat from a woman who nothing more than an anointed “goddess” by a desperate party. Hardly a picture of stability, the kind which India needs badly. Presence of Rahul and Sonia at the top of Congress tells me that this party has no internal democracy / system, ideological strength, character and unity. Even the despicable Communists in India are better that these guys. Congress is a house of cards. I hope the Indian voters are watching all this. Our country’s future is at stake here.
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