Slow and steady loses the race | The Indian Express

Slow and steady loses the race | The Indian Express

Written by Anil Dharker |Updated: June 1, 2019 12:45:52 am

Anil Dharkar is a writer and columnist.

Slow and steady loses the race

Congress and other Opposition parties are up against a regime whose leaders have a 24x7 commitment to electoral politics. Their time for 2024 starts now

Look at the dates: Rahul’s elevation to Congress President was talked about for years but he took up the position only on December 16, 2017, less than 18 months before the 2019 elections. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

The drama around Rahul Gandhi’s resignation hides a central fact: The Congress party became a slow, lumbering elephant quite a while ago, and the failure of 2019 shows it’s a very slow learner indeed.