The Future of Congress Party – “Congress Mukt Bharat” or Revival

After BMC drubbing Congress MP and Minister Milind Deora tweeted -Conclusion one can draw from BMC election results is that Mumbaikars seem content living with potholes, flooding, malaria & water tankers. Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha tweeted - We elect clowns; bad. We elect criminals; terrible. We elect communal; horrendous. Right now, we have all three combined. God bless us all!

These are just a few of the examples. Congress leaders are not able to grasp the reality that they are no longer premier party of India. They are a sort of sinking boat & have been wiped out of many states in India. They may win Punjab but will probably lose the last big state of Karnataka next year. They are in power with Grand Alliance in Bihar with 41 seats but everyone knows that they can’t win even 10 seats alone. They may improve in Rajasthan but that will depend on many factors. In UP, they are a junior partner to SP. They are in bad state in Gujrat, Delhi, MP, Chhattisgarh, Bengal and have ceded opposition space to BJP in Orrisa. Congress starts in South India is also not bright.

But why the grand old party has reached to such decimal state. One of the main reasons is that there is no regional mass leader left in Congress. In BJP, we have so many regional strongman like Raman Singh, Devendra Fadnavis, Shivraj Singh, Vasundhra Raje etc. The era of mass leaders in India is gone (except Nardendra Modi). Congress doesn’t allow regional leaders to grow as the high command feel threatened. E.g.- Bihar has been ruled by Congress for more than 4 decades. But after 1^st Chef Minister Sri Krisnha Singh, no Congress CM was allowed to rule for 5 years. Same was the case in many states. Regional leaders were forced out of Congress at some point of time like Mamta Banarjee, Shard Pawar, Narayandatt Tiwari, Pranab Mukharjee, Arjun Singh, Madhav Rao SIndhiya etc. Many came back to Congress but many chose own path.

Another main problem is Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty. I am a big fan of Nehru and have good opinion about Indira & Rajiv Gandhi. But I have no affection with Rahul Gandhi. Why I should vote for him? Our generation has no affinity with any family. We will support Rahul Gandhi on merit not on surname. The day he gives a better narrative than Modi, I will vote for them. The only one criteria in Congress is obedience to the family. Family should allow other leader to grow and challenge their leadership. After all Modi successfully defeated many rivals in BJP & sideline founders like Advani, Joshi to become PM candidate. Why can’t we have such healthy internal fight within the grand old party? You must have internal democracy to be successful in a democracy in today’s world. Why should Congress pin hopes on Priyanka Gandhi, why not on Sindhiyas or Pilots (even though they also come from political families but people respect them for their work & composer).

Another point is that Congress is not playing the role of constructive opposition. In the era of Whatsapp, FB & Twitter, communalism & intolerance doesn’t appeal to masses. We need jobs, a vision not poor & community appeasement (apparently BJP has started doing same now a days). We all are Indians & we must be treated equally & respectfully. We need a strong PM not puppet PMs. Congress has allowed BJP to steal its own heroes like Patel. Nehru-Gandhi family has done a lot for party and so does another leaders. It is said that Congress didn’t allowed last rites of former PM PV Narasimha Rao in Delhi. Isn’t is a shameful & disgraceful thing to do?

We should not underestimate the Congress party’s will to revive itself. In past, it has risen from its ashes in 1980 & 2004. India needs a new & strong Congress Party. A healthy, constructive & string opposition is must for Indian democracy. But Congress will have to go through a bitter change. Otherwise Modi’s dream of Congress free India may become a reality.