With repeated electoral setbacks, shrinking organisational influence in key states, and growing whispers of internal dissent, the leadership question around Rahul Gandhi has become harder for the Congress to ignore. Despite holding the post of Leader of Opposition and remaining the party’s central face, defeats are often explained away as structural problems, state leadership failures, or external forces, rarely as leadership lapses at the top.
लगातार चुनावी हार, कई राज्यों में संगठन की कमजोर होती पकड़, और अंदरूनी असंतोष की बढ़ती चर्चाओं के बीच, राहुल गांधी को लेकर नेतृत्व का सवाल कांग्रेस के लिए नज़रअंदाज़ करना मुश्किल होता जा रहा है। लोकसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष होने और पार्टी का प्रमुख चेहरा बने रहने के बावजूद, हार की वजहें अक्सर संगठनात्मक कमजोरी, राज्य नेतृत्व की नाकामी या बाहरी कारणों पर डाल दी जाती हैं, ऊपर के नेतृत्व की भूमिका पर कम ही सवाल उठते हैं।
Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring says he will expose both AAP and BJP over the dilution of MGNREGA and take the fight “to every home.” But this raises an awkward question for Congress itself. After ruling Punjab for years and running MGNREGA nationally for over a decade, why is Congress speaking only in the language of protest today, instead of presenting a concrete alternative model or admitting where implementation failed under its own watch ? Is this really a fight for rural workers or a late attempt to reclaim moral high ground after losing political control ? Is Congress leading a genuine battle for jobs or just shouting from the sidelines ?
