Rahul shows decisiveness

By expressing the desire of becoming PM if his party emerges as the largest one after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi has shown himself as decisive to lead the Congress-led coalition government. It was said in the political circle with his entry in politics that he was reluctant to accept any position of responsibility in the govt. In the previous govt. of Dr. Manmohan Singh, the ministerial post was offered to him but he refused it outright. The Congress leaders, workers, and cadres all over the country appeared skeptical whether their President would shoulder the responsibility of leading the govt. at the Centre if their party emerged victorious in 2019. When during the campaigning of Karnataka elections, Rahul Gandhi said that he was ready to be Prime Minister of the coalition govt. if his party emerged victorious. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took no time in taunting him for expressing his desire. He called him arrogant and egoist. BJP described Rahul's PM ambition as daydreaming. Congress may be down but definitely not out. Rahul is the President of the grand old party which ruled the country for more than 60 years. Presently, it is the main opposition party of the country. In West Minister model of Britain, the leader of the main opposition party is the shadow Prime Minister. So, in democracy, whichever party gets a majority, its leader forms the govt. Rahul Gandhi has given the message to his party workers, leaders and cadres that he would not evade responsibility. His readiness to become PM will enthuse the party workers at the grass root level. PM Modi should not have responded to Rahul’s statement about being ready to be PM in this manner as to whether he is of prime ministerial material or not is to be decided by none other than the people of India. It is the people who are sovereign. Whoever they elect to power will become PM. BJP's oldest ally Shiv Sena has rightly said that Rahul has made no wrong by expressing his readiness to become PM. PM Modi should not have taunted him. Rather, BJP should work to defeat him in the Lok Sabha elections. The angry response of PM to Rahul's PM statement shows his weakness in the elections of Karnataka. The Congress party leaders and workers all over the country have now become assured that his leader would not shirk away from the responsibility of the nation. Rahul's prime ministerial statement will enthuse the party workers all over the nation. Even the prospective alliance partners of the Congress party have reacted favourably. No front of opposition parties sans Congress can form the govt. at the Centre without its support in 2019 in event of the defeat of BJP, the chances of which are the least. The electioneering for Karnataka assembly is to end today. Congress has put everything into it to retain the state on one and BJP's entire top brass in govt. and the party are campaigning there to throw Congress out on the other. On the last of electioneering, Rahul evaded the question related to his statement about his readiness to become PM while addressing the Press in Bengaluru.