I must congratulate Nirmal Pathak for having made apt assessment of the reason for political debacle of Congress in U.P. I somewhat agree with his reasoning but would like to add, the problem is much deeper. I travelled a lot into the interiors of UP with some very senior Congress leaders with the intention to make a difference and contribute to the party. Belonging to a Yadav community and being highly qualified professional (I a practising Advocate in Supreme Court and hold a Masters Degree in Law from England with Bachelors Degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi), I strongly believed that I could help in changing the mindset of, if not the electorate in the immediate future, but at least of the so-called leaders of Congress in UP. But to my dismay their day starts with worrying about their tommorrow and ends with having saved their yesterday. Each one of them is working for their personal gain with no sight or vision to improve the party image or to assist the village folk, who constantly look up to these leaders. What is worse they excessively hold public rallies/ meetings without any concrete outcome. This in a nut shell is the real reason for decline of Cong. in UP.
