Sonia and Rahul Gandhi can have the satisfaction of a Pyrrhic victory. The party has formally reaffirmed their leadership, but it is seen as completely out of sync with the times
The defection of Jyotiraditya Scindia highlights the changed nature of the Congress under Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka. Nehru’s ‘people’s organisation’ has converted itself into a band of rapacious men and women, devoted solely to furthering their families’ fortunes
The controversial memoirs of the ex-confidant of Sonia Gandhi entertain but fail to deliver the Kissinger-esque history lessons the former foreign minister, a skilled storyteller, could have given us
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm