The Gandhi family should own responsibility for defeat
The Gandhi family is looking for scapegoats. They don’t want to own
responsibility for their defeat. The Gandhis, Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka, were
apparently shocked that the party lost as it did in the election.
The lack of maturity, egocentrism, and sense of entitlement underlying
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s response
in the aftermath of the defeat are disheartening for sympathisers and a boon
for the BJP. Gandhi called out senior leaders for not supporting him and
resigned as party president.
Blaming subordinates is bad leadership; simply threatening to walk away
in the face of a setback is irresponsible brinkmanship. Good leaders know there
is only one way to go when pushed to the wall. For that he needs to hold
himself accountable to his party persons, and openly so. The Congress today
needs a strong leader; and Indian democracy needs the leader of the largest
Opposition party to be mindful of the responsibility that the position carries.
Congress today is meandering
without direction, visibly rattled by the monumental scale of defeat. The party
has to do a honest appraisal and dispassionate self-introspecton on such a
staggering loss. The party also has to ponder
as to why its party apparatus and media cell were so hugely disconnected from the stark realities on
ground that they never saw this Tsunamo forthcoming? It is also high time that
the dynasty owns accountability and retreats from the scene keeping in mind the
future of the party which is imploding at all levels.
in a democracy not only government but the opposition should also be held
accountable. They are part of legislature & the legislature is accountable
to people. For the effective functioning of legislature, opposition must be
capable enough to put ordinary people’s interest.
Despite the Congress flailing and floundering throughout the election
campaign, the liberal/secular media did its level best to help out the grand
old party. It conjured up fake but magnificient scams and printed reams of
intellectual gibberish on how the future of Indian democracy and secularism was
"at stake" in this election.
But despite its all-out campaign against the incumbent government, it
failed to sway the voters. Not surprisingly, once the election results were out
it blamed the common man for voting "without brains". In its
indignant response to the stinging verdict delivered by the electorate it made
a scapegoat out of the "intellectual disabilities" of the average
Indian and revealed the contempt and disdain it has always had for the masses.
Fortunately, with advances in technology and the resultant creation of
the social media space, the traditional media houses have lost their clout. It
is time to write the obituary
of Congress Party. It languished for
long five years. It is unfortunate that so many competent young leaders of the
party are scared to just come forward to lead.
Fact is that Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of policies of NDA & PM Narendra
Modi has cost dearly as citizen-voters’ have responded strongly to his
insensitive criticism of PM Narendra Modi by giving a massive mandate in favour
of PM Narendra Modi and BJP. Fact is that there are now fewer and fewer takers for Congress party
with its so-called secular agenda and vague economic agenda. Citizen-voters
have rejected all empty promises: minimum income guaranty and all such things.
It is time Rahul Gandhi and her sister make efforts to rebuild Congress party.
The fanatics and sycophants have been around and ruling by proxy, and now
they are the very same groups who want to fish in troubled waters by blaming
"subordinates" who have actually worked hard and but for them even
this number of seats would not have been won. The drama of Rahul telling 'he
would resign' is a cheap stunt. He Must Just Quit and leave the party to reach
its logical conclusion.
No comments:
Post a Comment