Thread by @ganesan312

Many may acknowledge the strengths of Nehru Gandhi family but may still have doubt whether Rahul has it in him to lead and fight against Modi & defeat BJP.

We are inclined to believe that his potential is doubtful or deceptive unless proved.
Post facto ‘predictions’ are easy.
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When we refuse to see the truth or read signals correctly we deceive ourselves. But we conclude that the strength of the individuals or issues are deceptive.

We fail to apply logic and sense to every aspect of successes, failures, information but jump to conclusions.
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The successes and failures are decided by many factors. They should not be seen or compared in isolation. Circumstances and challenges before Rahul and Congress were many.
When Rajiv took over Congress organisation strength was better. When Rahul took over it was in bad shape.
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The transition to Rahul is happening under difficult circumstances. The Gordian knot has to be untied patiently and carefully.

It has fallen on his ‘young’ shoulders as many view it. The challenges posed by the Modi regime was massive. Rahul had to rely solely on his vision.
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The credibility of Rahul and his image has grown immensely in spite of the unrelenting onslaughts from all sides.
The entire Congress party, its supporters are behind him now. Nonpartisan people are also now seeing him as a better alternative.
That is not a small achievement.
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How did it come about? It was not sourced from other planets. It was due to Rahul’s inherent abilities, efforts & application of mind using available limited resources.
Maybe, his strengths were deceptive for others. It was not so for Rahul. He had a clear mind, plans, vision.
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We tend to overlook the fact that the many positives and characteristics of the Nehru Gandhi family would be part of Rahul.

Further, he must have had endless inputs as part of the family with various interactions, anecdotes, episodes they have come across. They have a value.
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Rahul is also aware of history and is a great listener and thinker.
He updates himself on all issues. His application of mind, logic and sense is very strong. He simply refuses to accept what he considers as nonsense.
That brings him his clarity of mind and vision.
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He does not reveal himself. That way one can say he was deceptive. But even now his interactions appear more in the media. So people get to know him and his strengths.

The Nehru Gandhi family were never publicity conscious to promote themselves. That also applies to Rahul.
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They freely interact with all sections of people from the ground level. They do not just talk but listen. They know the pulse of the people including those who are around & who want to surround them.

This again a characteristic that is part of them & comes naturally to them.
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They do not encourage sycophants using their proximity to gain what they may or may not deserve. So they maintain diplomatic silence just to not hurt leaders but send across the message. They may be attentive but still playing with dogs. But leaders should understand.
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Rahul did reveal himself many times by his gentle, subtle & his characteristic listening mode.
He has that deft touch, respecting seniors, giving everyone their space still holding on to his views explaining the reasons.
These are great virtues very much visible but ignored.
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People still refuse to come out of their negative mindset and ask whether such great virtues will produce results.
For the present positivity is to concentrate on adopting the right process. If that is done it will produce positive results.
Rahul is setting the course right.
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The above excerpts are part of my new blog post: 'Understanding the invisibles'
Subhead: ‘The deception about Rahul’.

Website link: wp.me/p8Fpl7-fW
(999 words - 5 minutes read)

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