Accepting Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress president could help renew party’s fortunes | The Indian Express

Accepting Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress president could help renew party’s fortunes | The Indian Express

Written by Neerja Chowdhury |Updated: June 14, 2019 8:08:58 am

The writer is a senior journalist

Accepting Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress president could help renew party’s fortunes

There are enough people in the Congress who can head the party, and this time it can be somebody from the South, since the southern states have stood by the Congress more than the North and the West.

For a start, the Congress should honour Rahul Gandhi’s resignation to step down as party chief, taking responsibility for the party’s rout. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

“Marte ko aur bhi maarna” — that neither feels good nor right. And yet, given the state of the Indian National Congress, hard questions need to be asked. They need to be asked because every Indian — whether she acknowledges it or not — has a stake in the revival of the Congress party, if we are to continue as a parliamentary democracy.