Out of my mind: Dear Rahul, just go | The Indian Express

Out of my mind: Dear Rahul, just go | The Indian Express

Written by Meghnad Desai |Updated: June 2, 2019 4:45:35 pm

Meghnad Desai loves to cook, watch and write about old Bollywood movies and shuttles between London, Delhi and Goa. He pursues controversies on economics, history and anything else which catches his attention. He is also a British parliamentarian sitting in the House of Lords. He has written over 25 books, over 200 articles in learned journals and hundreds of newspaper columns in UK and India.

Out of my mind: Dear Rahul, just go

By resigning you would unleash democratic avalanche in the party political system. For one thing, all those failed senior Congress leaders who would not win a Lok Sabha election if they ever tried but occupy chief ministerships or lucrative offices will have to go out without your protection.

Once the Congress had become a family-led party, with no elections for the top post, the entire party political system got poisoned. (Photo: PTI/File)

Dear Rahul Gandhi,