September 26, 2024

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With Congress shedding its face within the five-state elections, the occasion is about to separate, and one faction will probably be led by G-23 leaders

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The 2021 state meeting elections have been a blended bag for BJP because the occasion managed to win Assam, Puducherry put up an honest displaying in Tamil Nadu and while it couldn’t do the entire 9 yards in West Bengal, it managed to leapfrog from its measly 3 seat tally in 2016 to 77 in 2021. However, Congress, a supposedly nationwide occasion has as soon as once more landed face down within the mud by getting routed in almost each state.The occasion shot a clean in West Bengal, managed 5 seats in Puducherry, 21 in Kerala and 16 seats in Tamil Nadu the place it tagged together with DMK to revive a number of the misplaced pleasure.The greatest repercussion of the defeat for Congress might be one other civil battle inside the occasion because the members develop more and more weary of the timid management on the high. The pathetic displaying of the Congress has forged aspersions over the aptitude of scion Rahul Gandhi, who was harbouring desires of getting the Party President place again.And main this dissent could possibly be the notorious G-23 group that got here into existence final 12 months and precipitated quite a lot of panic amongst the Gandhi clan, with Rahul Gandhi going so far as dubbing the group members as BJP brokers.Last 12 months, heading the G-23 group, Ghulam Nabi Azad and several other different senior Congress leaders had shot out an indignant letter to Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, complaining about not having free and honest elections inside the occasion. The letter, nevertheless, acquired leaked earlier than the annual congress meet and an indignant Rahul Gandhi went out on a prowl for the blood of those that penned the letter.Reacting within the aftermath of the letter controversy, Azad laid naked his ache of not having any elected our bodies within the occasion and the prospect of sitting in opposition for 50 extra years. “For the last many decades, we do not have elected bodies in the party. Maybe we should have pushed for it 10-15 years ago. Now we are losing elections after elections, and if we have to come back we need to strengthen our party by holding elections. If my party wants to be in opposition for the next 50 years, then there is no need for elections within the party,” Azad had mentioned.Read extra: Congress dissidents tear into Rahul Gandhi for his juvenile remarks on China and PM ModiThe incontrovertible fact that Rahul Gandhi is an MP from Wayanad in Kerala, and but the UDF couldn’t handle to breach the 50 seats mark needs to be a sworn statement to his failed credentials. Historically, each 5 years, the federal government modifications in Kerala however owing to Rahul’s incompetency, LDF has managed to rewrite the historical past books.Despite the drubbing, Rahul Gandhi engaged in its childlike antics and tried to get again at BJP for its efficiency in West Bengal whereas fully forgetting about his personal occasion’s woeful efficiency.“I’m happy to congratulate Mamata ji and the people of West Bengal for soundly defeating the BJP.” tweeted Rahul Gandhi.I’m comfortable to congratulate Mamata ji and the folks of West Bengal for soundly defeating the BJP.— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 2, 2021The 2021 Assembly elections have proved that Congress is neither a nationwide nor a regional occasion. It merely is a deteriorating mess of part-time passion politicians like Rahul Gandhi, who’re incomes their bucks, proudly owning to the Gandhi surname and within the course of, destroying the legacy of the occasion — a tarnished legacy.