Nice to know that Congress leaders are examining the reasons for their Gujarat rout. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Remove Kapil Sibal as a Spokesperson. He is a liability and more often than not he makes embarrassing statements and contradicts himself. 2. Shelve pseudo-secularism. Make your secularism inclusive - that is include the majority community also in your secular agenda. 3. Do not misuse the likes of Tarun Tejpal, Javed Akthar, Anirudh Bahal, Teesata Setelvad etc. In the long run they will do more harm than good for you. 4. Accept defeat gracefully and congratulate Modi. It is not enough if the PM alone congratulates Modi. Sonia can do it. If she does not want to speak to him, she can do so through a Press statement. 5. Make sure that your spokespersons do not issue statements like `Fascists will continue to win', `Modi's win is an accident' etc. After all, remember your leader belongs to Italy, the land of the original Fascist (Mussolini) and the Mafia. Hence, your statement about fascism sends wrong signals, as the people know the truth. 6. Dump CPI(M). They are doing you more harm than good. If you have to go for mid-term polls, do so daringly. You will not be the Congress of mid-60s and 70s (except the Emergency period)unless you dump CPI(M). 7. Condemn Nandigram. It was not a misunderstanding. It is a massacre and graves are being dug out day in and day out. 8. Stop minority appeasement. Do some real good to them. The above are only a few suggestions.
RE:Few suggestions to the Congress:
by A N Balakrishnan on Dec 25, 2007 03:48 PM Permalink
Mr.Vasudevan, You missed out one important suggestion: Remove Sonia and Rahul Gandhis. Congress is unable to stand without the Gandhi name. Narasimha Rao was briefly successful in throwing Sonia(ji) out, but others in the party did not have the guts to sustain that approach. Congress had been systematically reduced to a party of sycophants by the (in)famous Mrs. Indira Gandhi and one cannot expect a quick recovery, especially with the Gandhi family still at the helm of things. Congress Party needs to perish.
