#jyotiraditya departing CON_gress:
1. Sonia hold has become weak/she's ceded space. How?
2. Because between Kamalnath, Gehlot and partly MH, regional satraps have more power.
3. They're the ones getting votes and putting CON_gress in power. +
@ramana_brf
1. Sonia hold has become weak/she's ceded space. How?
2. Because between Kamalnath, Gehlot and partly MH, regional satraps have more power.
3. They're the ones getting votes and putting CON_gress in power. +
@ramana_brf
+ Earlier, Gandhis used to be vote-catchers for Congress. Not any more. Regional battles are being fought on local issues and local leaders are providing the heft.
4. Congress now is like a confederacy where center/Sonia is still the face but regional satraps are calling
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4. Congress now is like a confederacy where center/Sonia is still the face but regional satraps are calling
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the shots.
5. Hence, in spite of Sachin Pilot and #JyotiradityaScindia making appeals, they were not adjusted. Lest local satraps become offended.
6. With both Rahul Gandhi and his sister proving unequal to the task, they won't be able to pull the power back to the center.
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the shots.
5. Hence, in spite of Sachin Pilot and #JyotiradityaScindia making appeals, they were not adjusted. Lest local satraps become offended.
6. With both Rahul Gandhi and his sister proving unequal to the task, they won't be able to pull the power back to the center.
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7. Mommy Sonia knows this and for foreseeable future, will continue to work with regional leaders, acceding space to them.
8. Rahul Gandhi will be retained, like Bahadur Shah Jafar, to play the titular head and face of Congress. But he's unlikely to wield the kind of power
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7. Mommy Sonia knows this and for foreseeable future, will continue to work with regional leaders, acceding space to them.
8. Rahul Gandhi will be retained, like Bahadur Shah Jafar, to play the titular head and face of Congress. But he's unlikely to wield the kind of power
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his mother or father or grand-mother had.
9. Gandhis will be retained to sell the Congress to masses, say that all's well, and for this service, they'll be given retainer-ship fee. With some bit of control.
Need to see how this evolves further.
his mother or father or grand-mother had.
9. Gandhis will be retained to sell the Congress to masses, say that all's well, and for this service, they'll be given retainer-ship fee. With some bit of control.
Need to see how this evolves further.
