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Secure Unstable: Rahul Gandhi’s Horse Analogy For Outdated Guard Stirs The Congress Pot But Once more
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Whereas Rahul Gandhi didn’t title anybody instantly, his message appears to be clear: it’s time for the lame horses, or the non-performing senior leaders, to step apart.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (PTI File)
Rahul Gandhi has as soon as once more stirred the political pot inside the Congress occasion by making a reference to horses, indicating seniors within the occasion wanted to step down. Talking on the Congress Staff Conference in Bhopal, Gandhi drew a pointy comparability between three varieties of horses — these paraded at weddings (“baraat ka ghoda“), racehorses, and lame horses.
Whereas he didn’t title anybody instantly, his message appears to be clear: it’s time for the lame horses, or the non-performing senior leaders, to step apart. And judging by the seen discomfort of some attendees, together with senior chief Kamal Nath, the remarks hit near house.
“The district president has come right here, and there might be a few of you who work for the Congress occasion with full power and there might be some who’re somewhat drained or who aren’t in a very good temper, who’re taking an excessive amount of stress. Now now we have to distinguish between a racehorse and a marriage horse. Earlier, I used to say that there are two sorts. Kamal Nath had mentioned that the Congress occasion generally sends a racehorse to the marriage procession and generally makes the marriage horse stand within the race line. However there’s a third class, which is a lame (langda) horse, so now we have to distinguish. We’ve got to retire the lame horse, so this variation needs to be introduced…,” Gandhi mentioned.
This isn’t the primary time Rahul Gandhi has challenged the outdated guard of the occasion. When he first entered lively politics, he declared his mission to reform the Congress and finish what he referred to as the “tyranny of the seniors.” His imaginative and prescient concerned infusing younger blood into the system and entrusting them with key obligations. Whereas this technique did result in a number of younger leaders being promoted, the Congress’s continued electoral setbacks solid doubt on the effectiveness of his strategy and the efficiency of these he backed.
These failures offered a chance for the outdated guard to reassert their affect. The formation of the G-23 — a bunch of senior Congress leaders who questioned the occasion’s path beneath Rahul Gandhi — was a visual expression of that resistance. It was additionally a reminder that sidelining the veterans wouldn’t be as straightforward as Gandhi may need hoped.
In states like Gujarat and Bihar, makes an attempt to democratise the occasion construction by way of inner elections introduced in youthful faces, however the outcomes have been removed from transformative. Many of those new leaders didn’t make an electoral impression. In Madhya Pradesh too, Gandhi was reportedly upset after what he believed was a winnable election that slipped away attributable to a sluggish and poorly managed marketing campaign. The blame, in lots of quarters, was laid on the toes of senior leaders like Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh, who have been accused of missing power and failing to pick efficient candidates.
Nonetheless, the Opposition was fast to pounce. Haryana Minister and BJP chief Anil Vij requested which sort of horse the Congress chief considers himself to be. “If Rahul Gandhi calls all his employees horses, having totally different varieties, together with procession, race, and battle, then inform him his high quality. Which horse is he? Does he belong to the procession horses, lame horses, or warfare horses?” he requested.
Madhya Pradesh BJP President and occasion MP VD Sharma took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, saying he doesn’t even know how you can journey a horse. “He ought to first fear about managing his personal occasion’s ‘horses’ earlier than making such remarks,” he mentioned.
Whereas Rahul Gandhi’s newest remarks about retiring “crippled horses” underscore his persevering with disappointment, the bigger query is whether or not he can do it himself with critics asking the identical.
Pallavi Ghosh has lined politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als…Learn Extra
Pallavi Ghosh has lined politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als… Learn Extra
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