22 January 2014, 06:01 PM IST
When the Congress Party suffered a humiliating defeat in Delhi last month, their vice president and campaign chief, Rahul Gandhi, held a presser announcing his intention to "learn from the AAP." He was figuring out the solutions. More significantly, he claimed that his party would soon undergo earth-shattering internal changes, "in a way you can't imagine."
As if on cue and immediately after this announcement, different Congress spokespersons of varying stature hailed this statement as an indicator that a 'game-changing idea' was in the offing. One person in particular, who appears rather frequently on TV debates, proclaimed that Rahul Gandhi "was the best thing to happen to the Congress." So what if the party had lost in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Those losses were the fault of the 'old guard' and the 'old way' of doing things. Spectacular change was now imminent. To most Congress loyalists, Rahul's comment was a signal from the enigmatic general himself, that soon he would revolutionise the campaign strategy and revive their electoral fortunes in the forthcoming general elections. Suddenly, there was 'hope' in the air. The anointed one had a decisive plan for the party that he would soon unveil. Victory would now be within reach, and the opposition had better watch out.
Very well.
After nearly a decade of 'working with the party,' the time had apparently now come for Rahul to translate his training into tangible change for his party. The AICC meet was selected as the perfect platform for Rahul to reveal his big idea – not to forget – "in ways that we would not be able to imagine." He was quite right. Instead of the promised and much awaited grand plan to resuscitate the dying party, his speech reverted to the unerringly familiar – RTI; NREGA and the recently enacted Right to Food Act. Unfortunately, after ten years of governance, highlighting these blips as achievements served only to reinforce the belief that precious little had been accomplished. He then mentioned all of the issues that plagued India – ignoring the fact that it was the government led by his party that had failed the people. Ironically, he also spoke of a "disempowering system that holds you back." Was this an innocuous comment aimed at the masses, or was it a jibe directed at his own party men, the likes of Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot and Milind Deora, who despite being meritorious candidates can never aspire to lead their party? What, or who is this disempowering system within the Congress Party that holds back merit?
It was indeed charming to hear the fourth generation dynast speak of curing India's problems by "pushing revolutionary democratization further." Hopefully the contradictions in this statement were not lost on him – or on his speech writer who ought to avoid such embarrassing doublespeak. However, to his credit, Mr. Gandhi successfully listed all the shortcomings in our system of governance – with a special focus on decentralising legislative power, a noble if impractical solution to India's larger and more fundamental problems. In a passionate rendition of Bollywood's angry young man, he concluded his speech by saying that change was imperative – and that his political party did not "respond by proposing oversimplified non-solutions."
This brings us back to our first question – what is your solution, Mr. Gandhi?
"3 cylinders of gas."
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