What PC Chacko’s resignation tells us about democracy in Congress?

Image Source : PTI What PC Chacko’s resignation tells us about democracy in Congress?
What a coincidence it’s! Last week, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi spoke his thoughts about his one-time shut aide Jyotiraditya Scindia quitting the social gathering and turning into a ‘backbencher’ within the BJP. He was addressing the Youth Wing of the Congress in Delhi. Rahul mentioned that Scindia would have grow to be a Chief Minister if he had stayed with the Congress. The assertion, nonetheless, did not impress Scindia, who snapped again saying it could have been a distinct story if Rahul had been involved the identical approach when he was with the social gathering.
It appears even PC Chacko was not very impressed with Rahul Gandhi’s assertion on the importance of sticking to the grand previous social gathering. The Congress veteran from Kerala, and a vital determine in Lutyens’ Delhi, not solely known as it quits simply days forward of the meeting elections, but additionally questioned the existence of democracy within the social gathering.
Once a die-hard Gandhi household loyalist, PC Chacko complained of factionalism within the Kerala unit of the Congress and accused the social gathering high-command of being a mute spectator to the state of affairs.
Essentially, the arguments made by PC Chacko run counter to what Congress de-facto boss Rahul Gandhi claimed a number of days in the past. Both of them cannot be true. In the nationwide government assembly of workplace bearers of the Indian Youth Congress, Rahul Gandhi regretted having focussed on younger faces within the social gathering and promised to reward those that keep dedicated to the Congress ideology. But maybe his message was not well-conveyed to the previous guard who determined to give up out of frustration with the social gathering management.
Onus on Rahul Gandhi to place the home so as earlier than polls in Kerala
The timing of PC Chacko’s resignation cannot be ignored. He has categorically mentioned that he’s not going to hitch the BJP, however his penchant for the left ideology shouldn’t be hidden from anybody. And based on Opinion ballot surveys, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is about to return to energy in Kerala using on the recognition of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. 

So far the Congress had believed that the social gathering would take turns to rule the state in 2021, as Kerala has a historical past of alternating governments each 5 years. But after the debacle within the native physique elections in December 2020, the Congress management has gone right into a tizzy. So a lot so, that the social gathering is cautious of asserting its chief ministerial candidate within the state, preserving its choices open to lure totally different communities and keep away from any backlash.
Announcing his departure, PC Chacko mentioned that the Congress is split into two teams in Kerala, headed by former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala, however the social gathering has chosen to look the opposite approach. 
Rahul Gandhi cannot shift the blame on anybody else if Congress receives a humiliating defeat in Kerala. He is a member of parliament from the state and the Congress cadres look as much as him to win the hearts of the folks. He appears to be campaigning onerous, however that’s not sufficient, Rahul Gandhi wants to finish the factionalism first to strengthen the social gathering and maintain hope alive.
In the present situation, if ‘insurgent’ PC Chacko jumps on the left bandwagon, life can grow to be tougher for the Congress leaders in Kerala.
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