Cong’s trump card

It was a heartening and unifying moment for Congress when Rahul Gandhi delivered his speech to thank the party for elevating him to No.2. Rahul Gandhi was made Vice President of Congress party at its Jaipur Chintan Baithak. It was the cherished dream of the youth wings of the party. His speech has not only left indelible imprint on the minds of Congress workers and leaders but also the entire countrymen. His speech was lashed with emotion that choked everybody’s throat with love and affection for him. It also brought tears in everybody’s eyes out of love and affection for the youthful leadership that he is now going to provide to the Congress. Congress party workers, leaders and crores of general common men certainly have emotional touch with Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. When the supreme sacrifices made by the family are reminded, tears spontaneously come in the eyes of the people. The forceful, committed and emotional speech that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi gave at the Chintan Baithak has left a long lasting effect on the Congress workers. It has infused courage and moral uplift to defend the party and work for the people. With the coming of Rahul Gandhi on the centre stage of the party, workers and leaders have been galvanized to work for the party with doubly force. There is no doubt that by bringing Rahul Gandhi on the Centre stage of politics, the Congress Party will certainly establish a direct rapport with crores of youths of the nation. He will provide youthful leadership to them. His conscience is clear and intent is focused. It is his innocence that he himself said in his speech that there is no system in Congress party and it is run without any rules and regulations. By becoming the Congress Vice President, he has accepted a great responsibility to strengthen the party and bring it to power for the third consecutive time in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It is also true that by giving only idealistic speech after coronation, everything will not become all right itself. At present, Congress is passing through its bad days. Price rise and corruption issue is troubling the people most. The Congress party must realize that and if the government failed to check these issues promptly, no youthful leadership of the party can save it from defeat in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. So, Rahul Gandhi’s first and foremost duty as party vice president is to put pressure on the government to act firmly in this direction without any loss of time. As far as Congress position in the two most important Hindi heartland states- Uttar Pradesh and Bihar- is concerned, it has got weaker and weaker, and it has been out of power for more than two decades there. And the most pathetic thing is that it is getting weaker and weaker there because of organizational set up lying almost dead there. Congress Party organizational units in these two states and other bigger states are gasping for breadth. Now, with Rahul Gandhi at the helm of affairs of the party, he urgently needs to connect with the people who were Congress party vote banks in the past. He should direct his youth brigades to look into the grievances that had manifested on the streets of Delhi and other cities of the youths of middle class. Rahul will now have to do the politics of 24X7 and he can not afford to turn away his face from the vital issues of the common men and middle class.