Nehru’s lesson for Rahul | Opinion News, The Indian Express

Nehru’s lesson for Rahul | Opinion News, The Indian Express

Written by Mahesh Rangarajan |Updated: December 4, 2018 6:00:49 am

The writer teaches history at Ashoka University. All views are personal.

Nehru’s lesson for Rahul

His robust pluralism, and not soft Hindutva, should guide the Congress

The country’s oldest political party and one of its youngest leaders in its chequered history is bound to make news. (PTI photo)

Can Congress turn to a form of soft Hindutva and still remain true to itself? Even were such a makeover to be popular, will it enable it to fulfill its role as an effective alternate centre of the polity that is distinct from and in contrast to its main rival, the ruling party in New Delhi?