Rahul Gandhi is arguably the best punching bag for left-liberals in India—and rightly so. He, his party, and their allies failed to win the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections, which had seemed like a cakewalk for the opposition after the Lok Sabha elections. Yet, if the current parliamentary debates and the 2024 election discourse are any indication, Rahul deserves credit for forcing the BJP and its ideological parent, the RSS, to follow the path he laid. He created a narrative the Modi government could no longer ignore.
India's obsession with electoral outcomes often overshadows the larger essence of democracy. The strength or weakness of a political leader or party is solely judged by elections won or lost. But democracy is more than elections; it thrives on conversations, debates, discussions, and holding the government accountable.
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