Why Rahul Gandhi Has to Wait

Within the party, Rahul has incurred the wrath of the old guard, a group of loyalists close to Rahul’s mother Sonia, over what they view as unilateral decisions by Rahul— which they think has left the party in dire straits. Besides, the decision by Sonia Gandhi to stay on shows that she wants to stand by her loyalist senior leaders who would have otherwise lost their positions with Rahul as party chief.