Move in right direction

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has started his work in right direction. He had called a meeting of Congress Chief Ministers and state party presidents to take stock of the party's position on the ground all over the nation. It also appears clear that he now at least must have understood that the Congress party has lost space more or less in every state to the opposition. Congress Party's organizational set-up all over the nation is in dilapidated condition. In addition to this, the Congress-led UPA Government is bitterly criticized for its failure to rein prices of all essential commodities and check corruption. That is why it is impossible for the party to form the government on its own. Rahul Gandhi is not going to accept the offer to lead the government even if the party emerges as the single largest one in Lok Sabha elections. So, clamour by party leaders and workers is nothing but the Congress Party’s traditional culture of sycophancy. It is good that time and again Rahul Gandhi exhibits that he does not like it. Rahul Gandhi should have also known the fact because the position of the party in some states is so bad that there are more leaders there than workers. In the meeting convened by him, he has rightly snubbed reportedly the chief minister of Uttarakhand who proposed his name to be declared as prime ministerial candidate in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. First, the Chief Minister's proposal was strongly endorsed by PCC chiefs assembled there but when Rahul rejected the idea instantly and made his displeasure known over the party leaders’ demand about the declaration of his name as prime ministerial candidate, message is clear for them to work for strengthening the party organization. The way Rahul Gandhi reacted by saying that in Uttar Pradesh the Congress Party won only 28 seats out of 403 whereas there were 200 leaders claiming to be the Chief ministerial aspirants is enough about his disgust over weakening organization there. He has painted the actual position of the party in Uttar Pradesh. And more or less the position is same all over the nation. The Congress leaders and workers must understand that Rahul Gandhi can not accept the post of Prime Minister in the coalition government. He will accept to lead the government only when the Congress party comes to power on its own. But if the prevailing situation and position is anything to go by, it is impossible for the Congress Party to come to power on its own. Rahul knows it very well. Time is not on Rahul Gandhi’s side. But he has begun his work in the right direction.