Days after Udaipur meet, a actuality examine: Hardik lists points which Congress shirked

The a lot talked about “inaccessibility” of Rahul Gandhihis frequent disappearances, the accountability of the Gandhis, their unilateral methods, the dearth of collective decision-making and so forth, discussions on that had been prevented since there was no autopsy.

Now, days after the Shivir, the identical set of points has blown up within the Congress’s face, with Gujarat chief Hardik Patel itemizing them in his letter of resignationwhich got here simply three years after the younger Patidar face was introduced into the celebration amidst a lot fanfare in 2019.

The Shivir additionally resolved to offer the celebration “a young look” by giving illustration to youth in any respect ranges within the group and bringing them into management positions. At 28, Hardik, the working president of the Gujarat Congress, is as younger because the Congress can get. And one in every of his main grouses, voiced by him greater than as soon as, was not being given sufficient of a job within the celebration.

The Congress management and its drum beaters would declare that Hardik has misplaced his appeal and attraction among the many Patidar neighborhood within the years since he led the Patidar quota agitation. However, which will appear as if a case of bitter grapes when Hardik just isn’t the primary – and most certainly not the final – Congressman to go away the celebration pissed off at lack of alternatives and progress for its younger and energetic leaders.

Many of those that have left the Congress within the current previous, in actual fact, held good posts, with a number of of them a part of Team Rahul. Sushmita Dev was president of the Mahila Congress, RPN Singh and Jitin Prasada had been AICC in-charges. Priyanka Chaturvedi was nationwide spokesperson. Jyotiraditya Scindia was a member of the Congress Working Committee.

They had been all seen as having left for greener pastures pushed by a way of despair and hopelessness.

In his resignation letter to celebration president Sonia Gandhi, Hardik took swipes at Rahul instantly, saying there was lack of seriousness about all points – once more not a brand new cost in opposition to the celebration’s de facto president. Hardik talked in regards to the senior management being “more engrossed in what messages they had received on their mobile”, being overseas “when the Congress needed leadership”, having decreased the celebration to “opposing everything” slightly than providing alternate options, and letting state leaders be extra targeted on “ensuring that chicken sandwich for leaders who have come from Delhi is delivered on time”.

Incidentally, on the Udaipur session, the prospect of elevating these points was foreclosed. While these by no means got here up throughout dialogue, quickly after the session was over, Rahul returned to Delhi on a particular flight with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. At the occasion of some leaders, he had, by the way, taken the practice to reach for the Udaipur session, with a lot fanfare.

The caveat on one household, one ticket rule on the session was just about a reiteration that the three Gandhis are right here to remain. In his concluding deal with, Rahul attributed the caveat concept to AICC common secretary KC Venugopal, in a transfer that did not go down properly with the ranks.

The Udaipur Shivir additionally did not provide you with that massive concept or present another imaginative and prescient to the BJP. The focus was on structural reforms within the organisation, that too half-hearted. For occasion, there have been no passable solutions on what needs to be the counter to the BJP’s Hindutva push. The deliberate Bharat Yatra may also help in propagating the message. But what’s the message?

As Hardik stated in his letter: “The Congress today has been rejected in almost every state of India because the party and its leadership have not been able to present a basic roadmap to the people.”

While Hardik was not current on the Shivir, another high-profile lateral entrants had been. For occasion, Kanhaiya Kumar. He joined the Congress in September. Eight months later, the celebration is but to determine his position and methods to use him within the organisation. Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani is one other current inductee who attended the Shivir.