The polity is poisoned by their brand of Hindutva. Atal Behari Vajpayee cried on the shoulders of James mold Wear block M. That task is beyond Sonia or Rahul — or, for that matter, their courtiers, some of whom, like Karan Singh, are themselves communal.The Congress is unlikely to be revived by such a character nor by his mother judging by her recent form. India can be saved.”Yet, this is precisely what L. It is to her credit that she took over the reins and revived it under her leadership to regain power for a decade. He has not enunciated any credo, nor propounded any policy. But it has been calculatedly timid on sensitive issues like attacks on the Dalits and Muslims, and, most revealingly, on the outrages in Kashmir.Indira Gandhi split the Congress in 1969, won handsomely in the 1971 election and went on to instal her dictatorship in 1975. Narendra Modi followed suit.By arrangement with Dawnend-ofTags: congress, rahul gandhi. The structure is intact.K.In 1945, swept away by Labour, the Conservative Party’s finest intellect R. No serious attempt was made to craft an appealing ideology or a programme which responded to the needs of the people.In her second tenure (1980-84), Indira Gandhi stole the BJP’s clothes while its leaders were enjoying a swim in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak lake.

A. Showmanship is his forte and arrogance a marked trait. But the party itself withered thanks largely to her arrogance and reliance on favourites.As Congress Prime Minister (1991-1996), P. She split her faction of the Congress again in 1978 in order to reduce the party into a praetorian guard to combat the ruling Janata Party.Reliance on the son increased and he has shown no promise. As the majority community, Hindus must be above parochial politics. It is now paying for its senior members’ abject, opportunistic and prolonged submission to a dynastic leadership for nearly half a century since 1971.This illustrates one of the two central defects in Sonia Gandhi’s leadership. The BJP whips up the Hindu vote bank and does not care one bit for the Muslim vote.Yet, all is not lost. If it fails to meet them, a Second Republic will arise in the mould of Modi-Adityanath. It concerns the very survival of India’s democracy and, what follows from it inexorably, its secular credo. 

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