The meagre presence of Cong in UP cannot be rejuvanated by forming committees. Even in the last Muncipal elections, poster boy Rahul Gandhi could do nothing to improve its performance. UP is one of the most volatile state of India, where the tensions between Hindus and Muslims are still alive due to opportunistic politics in the state. With the cong policies like Minorityism will help to further dampen its prospects in the state. It is rather over-optimistic to fight in between 3 big bulls BJP, SP & BSP. In the last elections, a survey mentioned that BJP's traditional urban vote bank shifted to Congress due to upset over local issues. However, BJP succeeded in getting them back in their fold later, which is apparent in recent local body elections and Uttaranchal assembly elections. On the otherhand, BJP's main attack on cong is inability to control sky-rocketing prices. Our great PM helplessly admitted recently that there should be a trade-off between growth & inflation. Will backward UP care about his trade-offs and juggling statistics? In addition, UPA's anti-farmer policies will put Cong in defence in Agriculture based states like UP. Recent Q-factor (Quattrochi detention issue in Argentina) added more salt to Cong wounds. Its high time for them to restructure the whole congress party based on Mahatma's ideals and vision. Otherwise, its a sinking boat.
