Jayanta Ghosal
The dissidents, meanwhile, say that it is a Catch-22 situation. Either Rahul Gandhi must take the responsibility or leave the office totally to someone else
The cycle of agitations against the Modi government is unlikely to end anytime soon
Patel was a lone ranger in a party known for its groupism. With his death, Sonia Gandhi has lost the golden bridge linking her family to the party. And it can get very lonely up there in a castle of melting wax
The seclusion of a great leader is the inevitable outcome of the sensitivity of his office
He understood that democratic politics is algebra, where various parts of the electoral equation are held together by governance, not deposits in vote banks
As the Congress vacates the space of an active opposition with a counter-argument, civil society activists and other professional dissenters rush in to fill the vacuum
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