Sir,
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has constituted a number of committees and put the so called rebels in these committees. Through this move an impression is being created that the dissident leaders, like Kapil Sibal, Shashi Tharoor, P Chidambaram are opposing the leadership for sharing power. Loyalist to the leadership systematically tried to create the impression that these leaders are out to grab the office of the party president obviously with the aim to become the future prime minister.
One must appreciate the imaginary skill of the loyalists. While it has been an astute move to deflect the criticism and protect Rahul Gandhi from humiliation, it also aimed at smearing the leaders who raised the issue of revival and rejuvenation of the party.
To counter Modi it is imperative that the Congress must have an agile and dynamic president who can coordinate the functioning nationally. At a time when the politics has been radicalised, it is more imperative. With BJP under Modi resorting to this nature of politics there is no other party which can challenge the BJP. MIM of Owaisi has also been pursuing this line. In fact almost all the smaller parties in the states have been following this political line.
The committees formed by Sonia Gandhi would function like shadow ministries, as is prevalent in UK, but theses will cease to have any impact on the Modi Government or on Modi himself. It is unlikely that the these committees’ reports and assessments will succeed in cornering the government. The Congress has consistently criticised the Government’s handling of the economy over the years, alleging wrong measures were being taken and expert advice was being ignored. But Modi has not taken them seriously.
Arun Srivastava
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