We need to be benevolent and merciful to Indian National Congress at least in its last phase of life. We must pray to God for the ‘Moksha’ to the soul of Indian National Congress party of India which once roamed in Indian politics and caused irreparable damage to our country, bruised and wounded our mother land through minority appeasement for vote and finally impoverished the land through incessant loot and corruption. Even then let us pray for the soul of INC to attain Moksha and why we, the Indians wish the soul of the congress to should suffer after the death of the party.
Anatomy of the congress culture cannot be either understood or can be comprehended like how the scientific and medical world is still playing ignorant over novel coronavirus.
Most of the congress leaders of today are products of dynastic culture like the GREAT DYNAST – RAHUL GANDHI. Therefore none can question or defy the set rules of the congress party – the dynastic culture and sycophancy.
Weakness also can offer great strength at times in politics when they see their real problem is not winning election but must settle own envy over the other person that the other person in the party should not win election and should not get a prominent position in party. Most of the active sycophants of the Gandhi pariwar are playing only such politics.
In congress party the problem is not just the dynastic culture but the envy, jealous and greed of all those unwinnable, over-expired congress leaders is the real problem of the party.
Many congress men are not at all jealous of Modi or BJP but instead the congress men worry more about his or her fellow men should not come to prominence is the priority. The power politics within the congress party in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where young leaders were not only denied the centre stage but also were reduced to miniscule is the best example for how congress men often display their power within the party to hang onto some position than contesting and winning election or expanding the base of the party.
In the past, most of the congress men fought within the party to establish own dynasty and today the different dynasts are fighting for the same power and position to their children.
The paradise in paradox of the congress party is that it cannot breathe fresh air nor it wants also. It had grown anaerobically, promoted only inbreeding, nurtured and inculcated only the pride of sycophancy and ‘loyal dog syndrome’ and hence the congress party can exist only anaerobically and not aerobically. A young, dynamic leader with, out of box thinking and who is also against the culture of inbreeding and promoting dynasties may look alien to the party. The big question is do we have any one congress man who would fit the bill to lead the party. Most of the congress men are ‘AS GOOD AS RAHUL GANDHI OR AS BAD AS HIM’.
For the seasoned congress men (ripened more than required), Gandhi Pariwar is the best choice. They know the operating password of the family that the family cannot win election, the family cannot even touch the senior leaders due to obvious reasons, the family is not politically smart and intelligent, and therefore, the sycophant club and the Gandhi family need to exist for each other. One liana needs the support of the other so that mutually they can stand erect and tall. It is a formidable arrangement between the Gandhi family and a few select congress men. No one can challenge or break open the fortress of the dynasty and hence hard work or merit has no place in INC.
In a true sense, the struggle of Sonia Gandhi to bring her failed son back as the president of congress party is as same as the struggle of P Chidambaram or Ashok Ghelot or Kamal Nath to bring their sons to prominence in the party. Therefore neither of them can afford to fight or criticise each other. The only option left for them is to support and develop the existing dynastic culture further and collectively sing songs in favour of the family to lead the party.
Today congress is fighting for the party and not for the political power in the country. Political parties cannot exist if they do not have power is the reality of Indian politics today. But congress is far from truth and introspection.
The leadership dynamism of Modi and Amit Shaw has changed Indian politics. Helpless people become empowered, charged and finally ‘nationalized’. Modi injected the vaccine of nationalism and new era politics devoid of corruption, nepotism and sycophancy. Perform or otherwise retire from the scene is the mantra Modi has perpetuated among all the government officials. Accountability, responsibility and honesty are made mandatory for the government departments. Although 25% of cleaning exercise only could be achieved in the last 6 years but the direction and dimension of the change brought by Modi is quite transformative and not marginal.
The ship made of sycophancy, nepotism and dynastic culture could not stand before the tempest of corruption free governance and people empowerment of BJP government and hence the congress party has started to wither away from within than due to any external reasons.
Congressmen are wary of party position and how to implant their children into prominent position in the party than how to make the party relevant and connected with the reality.
Since most of the congressmen are product of dynastic culture, what we see today is sibilicide in the uterus called INC. Hope the fight from within in Indian National Congress due to the personal envy, jealous and greed of several leaders will finish the party soon.
Let Indians pray for the eternal salvation of the departed soul of the congress party of India so that the soul doesn’t come back again to Indian politics which is been cleansed by Modi.
Written by Dr S Ranganathan
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