Recently, there was talk of Congress’s Chintan Shivir in the political corridors. It was believed that the party leadership would be able to give some concrete message to its workers and allies in this Congress’s Chintan Shivir, but it did not appear to be happening. On the contrary, a statement of Rahul Gandhi is making headlines in which he mentioned regional parties. Not only are the regional parties angry with this statement of Rahul Gandhi, but political analysts have started assessing the profit and loss of this statement of Rahul Gandhi.
‘Regional parties cannot defeat BJP’
In fact, the Congress’s three-day contemplation camp in Udaipur, Rajasthan ended. In this contemplation camp, Rahul Gandhi made a statement that if any party can defeat BJP then it is Congress party, regional parties cannot defeat BJP. During this, Rahul Gandhi targeted the RSS-BJP and said that their ideology is a threat to the country and regional parties do not have such ideology that they can defeat the BJP.
Regional parties expressed disagreement
On this statement of Rahul Gandhi, regional parties have retaliated and called it childish. The Samajwadi Party said that the conclusion of the Chintan Shivir itself shows how dangerous the Congress is for the country’s politics. RJD spokesperson Manoj Kumar Jha said that the regional parties are strong in the Lok Sabha in the fight against the BJP. Congress should consider him as its partner and let him be in the ‘driving seat’. Jha also said that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has also said the same thing.
What is the meaning of Rahul Gandhi’s statement
Actually, this statement of Rahul Gandhi has many meanings in itself. Political experts keeping an eye on the Congress say that in many states, only regional parties are standing in comparison to the BJP and the Congress is weakening there. But despite this, BJP is continuously forming governments in the states. The Congress leadership understands very well that if the regional parties are strong in the states, then the Congress will be weak and if the Congress is to be strong then it will have to maintain its pan-India identity.
Can regional parties spoil the game of Congress?
It is true that the Congress has been a party with a pan-India identity for a long time. After the rise of BJP, regional parties have now replaced the Congress in many states. Rahul Gandhi may be encouraging his workers and supporters with this statement, but at the same time he is trying to send a message that Congress is the only party which can defeat BJP. And they are saying this because it has been seen many times in recent years that many parties have been trying to come together to take on the BJP.
At present, after this statement of Rahul Gandhi, the reaction of many political parties has come to the fore. On the other hand there is an army of disgruntled leaders within the Congress party itself. Not only this, all the leaders of Congress are leaving the party and either joining BJP or joining other parties like Aam Aadmi Party. Congress insiders have also been told in many media reports that Congress leaders themselves want that the Congress will have to deal with these matters first.