"CONGRESS IN A NO-WIN SPOT"
It will be the local Congress leaders in UP that will let the party down in the upcoming Assembly elections.
As elections in various States approach, political parties are gearing up with their election campaigns. It is amusing to see the fights that take place. One does not understand how enemies can become bedfellows and bedfellows become enemies overnight. It is fun to see new alliances being made and the new lease of life that partymen get when they move from one party to another for better opportunities. It appears as if their survival depended on party hopping.
The fact that 83-year-old, senior BJP leader, LK Advani took out a rath yatra and successfully completed it before the Winter Session of the Parliament goes to prove that he is hale and hearty. Riding high on the anti-corruption campaigns, it’s a new lease of life for him as well. However, the Mayawatis and Jayalalithaas are not far behind. They all have their own agenda and new alliances are being made that suits them.
In the Congress, Rahul Gandhi is taking his time to take over as the Prime Minister of India. For the present, he has other things on his mind — the priority being the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh next year. There are many senior leaders at the Centre and State level who worked their way up from the grassroot level and know the pulse of the common man. The party High Command should pick 20 such experienced people and give them a district each in UP with an independent charge with one instruction — to win. They will perform once their reputation and career is at stake and the result will be worth watching.
But at present, the young leaders in the Congress are still in the learning stage. The party can’t take a risk by handing over the UP campaign to them especially when Rahul Gandhi’s reputation and future is at stake. Also the youngsters, though they come from affluent Congress background, are not capable of feeling the real pulse of the aam admi. Added to the fact is that they are not as hard working as Rahul Gandhi. They have their own agenda and survival at stake.
Senior leaders need to be made in-charge of certain regions in UP. Local State leaders are not interested in winning. They know they will never be Chief Ministers. They are quite content with the present position they have in UP. In any case, Mayawati is too clever for them and most of the local leaders are hand-in-glove with the ruling Government.
It is very unfortunate that the largest party in the country can’t win in any of the big and populace States like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and UP which are the backbones in making any Government strong at the Centre. Rahul Gandhi is working very hard in the State and hopefully he will make a dent in the State where the likes of Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav rule. One just wishes that, for once, the local leaders would forget their personal gain and ambition and work for the party.
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