Assembly elections are due in Gujarat later this year. Despite this, the opposition Congress has not been able to come up with a consolidated strategy so far. A section of Congress leaders is fueling media speculations about election strategist Prashant Kishor and his team in talks with the party high command for an election assignment in the state. However, the sources have ruled out any such possibility.
Political observers said that talks about Prashant Kishor’s handling of the election campaign strategy will help keep the morale of Congress workers high for the time being and hence these speculations are being fueled with enthusiasm. According to the Economic Times report, a veteran Congress leader told that the state unit is open regarding this issue, but it is up to the high command to decide.
Confusion in the party regarding PK
However, not every Congress has an opinion on this matter. A former Gujarat Congress president said that if Prashant Kishor’s talk of coming to Gujarat is not successful, it will only break the morale of the workers. He also said that there is no opinion from all the big leaders about any such plan. He said that the lack of solidarity among the big leaders is now publicly visible.
delayed decision making
It took almost two years for Congress to reconstitute the state committee in Gujarat and finally Amit Chavda and Paresh Dhanani were replaced by OBC leader Jagdish Thakor as state president and Sukhram Rathwa as leader of opposition in December last year. Chavda and Dhanani had resigned from their posts at least three times after three electoral defeats before being relieved of their responsibilities.
Mahatma Gandhi missing from the poster of Azadi Gaurav Yatra
On Wednesday, the Congress Seva Dal started Azadi Gaurav Yatra, a foot march from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Ashram to Delhi’s Raj Ghat. However, the posters put up along the way included only the faces of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, along with Thakor, Rathwa and state party in-charge Raghu Sharma. The march started from the Sabarmati Ashram, but none of the posters on the way to Gandhinagar even had a picture of Mahatma Gandhi.
Mahesh Pandya, an analyst based in Ahmedabad, said, “It was an occasion for the party to remind people how much this party has contributed to the freedom struggle and development of post-independence India. When they (Congress) said this. Crying that BJP is grabbing Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi, they also had an opportunity to remind people of the reality. They put up a picture of Rahul Gandhi, who has become synonymous with Congress’ electoral defeat since time immemorial. ”
Pandya said, “Who is Raghu Sharma and how many Gujaratis know him? What is the role of Rahul Gandhi or Sonia Gandhi in India’s freedom struggle in this matter? Putting him in the poster for the so-called ‘Azadi Gaurav Yatra’ is only family rule. corroborates the BJP’s allegation.”