Congress, with same top brass, cannot be the source of any political inspiration | The Indian Express

Congress, with same top brass, cannot be the source of any political inspiration | The Indian Express

Written by Subrata Mukherjee |Updated: August 22, 2019 9:14:59 am

The writer retired as professor of political science in Delhi University

Congress, with same top brass, cannot be the source of any political inspiration

One must not confuse dynasts with political families. The latter are there in all the parties, except the Left Front, but dynastic succession is unique to the Congress party and some regional satraps.

Rahul Gandhi with Sonia Gandhi during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC HQ in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug 6, 2019. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) 

The editorial ‘The rewind’ (IE, August 12), on the Congress party’s decision to choose Sonia Gandhi as its interim president makes statements that are ultimately contradictory. First, it is critical of the choice of a “timid party”, reflected in its inability to keep a pledge of the outgoing president that the new chief would not be from the Nehru-Gandhi family. Second, the editorial expresses hope that her induction as the working president “ensures a genuine transition by taking tough decisions”. The editorial is silent on how this transition would take place.