Past Wrongs Haunting Congress Party – Journey of 0 to 52!
qElection of Congress
President in 1946 was crucial, as the one elected would be the First Prime
Minister of India. At that election Patel got all votes, while Nehru got nil –
but as Nehru was not prepared to be Deputy PM under Patel, Gandhiji had persuaded Patel
to be a second in command in the India’s first cabinet. Nehru had laid the
foundation for Nehru Dynastic Politics in the Congress even at the very start
getting Zero vote and getting defeated, but occupied President and PM posts.
q Indra Gandhi had started
her own party – Congress (R) by splitting Congress National Party and the
breakaway group led by Congress Senior Leaders like K.Kamaraj, Morarji Desai etc. were
called as Congress (O) – jocularly called as Syndicate. In 1971 election after
the split, Indra had secured absolute
majority. To be in power, Indra had split the party and alied with DMK for her power and survival.
qRajiv Gandhi got his
PM post being the son of Indra Gandhi after her
martyrdom and Nehru Dynastic Rule continued.
qRajiv Gandhi’s death
had made Congress to select his wife Sonia to be the President of Congress
Party – but, her ambition to become a Prime Minister could not succeed, but,
had to be satisfied as the Remote Control Prime Minister. Congress Dynasty
continued in remote form.
qNow Rahul – Congress President
and Amethi MP, due to Modi Wave in the 2014
election and Modi Tsunami in 2019,
could not get his ambition of being the Prime Minister fulfilled. Above all,
Congress could win a mere 52 seats – losing again the status of Leader of
Opposition for his party which forced Rahul to resign. Above all, as fate would have it, Rahul had to openly
declare ‘ choose some one outside our family – other than self, Sona or Priyanka’! But Congi wants Dynasty to survive. Nehru got Zero and selected
as Congress President and now Rahul got Zero Like seats of 44/52, still Congi has no courage to
give Party Mantle to some one other than Dynast. Rahul Losing Amethi was yet another jolt to him. This reminds us Kamaraj’s defeat in Tamilnadu State Assembly
Election by a student leader and that too, when he was Congress President!
q Congress Dynastic
Politics were shaken if not broken by Modi. Modi Tsunami had also
shattered the Family politics of many regional parties such as JDS, RJD, Telugu
Desam, SP, NCP and even
KCR parties, but DMK survived. Modi’s political Surgical Strikes had done the impossible
possible and all opposition parties’ workers are really in jubilant mood inwardly. So far so good.
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