Pilot Error

Gandhis should surely have known Gehlot's response to his bete noire's elevation. Congress in bigger soup

At the start of a crucial week in which candidates for Congress's presidential elections were to join the race, the script has gone haywire for the GOP. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, widely touted as the Gandhis' proxy candidate, engineered a rebellion, a wily fox's response to the family's desire to replace Gehlot with his bete noire Sachin Pilot. The Gandhis have faced embarrassment of late, but none this bad. It's not just a loss of face, it's a stark reminder that strong state leaders can now try and dictate terms to the family and, most of all, that the Gandhis can be seemingly truly out-of-touch with political realities.