What if Dynasty and Congress go into History?

The old saying is when the fat lady starts to sing, it is the signal that the party is over. What shall we presume when a middle-rung Congress leader publically demands that disciplinary action should be taken against Rahul Gandhi for his remark khoon ki dalali, which insulted both the Prime Minister and Jawans. He said such comments alienate people.

- Vijay Dutt

This leader is no fat lady but his statement is in the continuation of the clamour in the party to bring in Priyanka Gandhi, which simply means that many in the Congress have lost confidence in the leadership of Rahul and they have no hope in his ability to lead the party to the winning post.

Another sign that the party is sinking, under the leadership of the Gandhi, is the regularity with which leaders and senior members are leaving. And this does not include many veterans who have either been cast aside as oldies by Rahul or have themselves taken sanyaas (retirement) from politics. One influential Congress leader in Lucknow said he felt sad that the party that has been built by thousands like him is being hated by the people because of the sleaze in the UPA government which stained the Gandhis as well. “Jab Gangotri hi dushit ho gai, toh Ganga ka kya hoga?” How can Congress survive when its leaders have no credibility?

After the 2014 debacle Congress was reduced to a rump, the mother and son were entrusted by the Congress Working Committee to re-energise the party units in states most of which were lying dormant and make the party battle worthy. But instead it continued to slide down. It lost all assembly elections, just got a slice of power by holding on to the tail of Lalu and Nitish.

The worst was that some states that were ruled by the Congress were also lost. The greatest setback was the loss of Assam, the biggest state in the north-east. On its success, the BJP has enticed many smaller ones. And there could be nothing more insulting to a 131-old-party, which has ruled at the Centre for almost 55 years, that its government and all the MLA's in Arunachal Pradesh resigned from the Congress to form another government.