What PC Chacko’s resignation tells us about democracy in Congress?
What a coincidence it’s! Last week, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi spoke his thoughts about his one-time shut aide Jyotiraditya Scindia quitting the occasion and turning into a ‘backbencher’ in the BJP. He was addressing the Youth Wing of the Congress in Delhi. Rahul mentioned that Scindia would have develop into a Chief Minister if he had stayed with the Congress. The assertion, nevertheless, did not impress Scindia, who snapped again saying it might have been a special story if Rahul had been involved the identical manner when he was with the occasion.
It appears even PC Chacko was not very impressed with Rahul Gandhi’s assertion on the importance of sticking to the grand outdated occasion. The Congress veteran from Kerala, and an important determine in Lutyens’ Delhi, not solely known as it quits simply days forward of the meeting elections, but additionally questioned the existence of democracy in the occasion.
Once a die-hard Gandhi household loyalist, PC Chacko complained of factionalism in the Kerala unit of the Congress and accused the occasion high-command of being a mute spectator to the scenario.
Essentially, the arguments made by PC Chacko run counter to what Congress de-facto boss Rahul Gandhi claimed just a few days in the past. Both of them cannot be true. In the nationwide government assembly of workplace bearers of the Indian Youth Congress, Rahul Gandhi regretted having focussed on younger faces in the occasion and promised to reward those that keep dedicated to the Congress ideology. But maybe his message was not well-conveyed to the outdated guard who determined to give up out of frustration with the occasion management.
Onus on Rahul Gandhi to place the home in order earlier than polls in Kerala
The timing of PC Chacko’s resignation cannot be ignored. He has categorically mentioned that he’s not going to affix the BJP, however his penchant for the left ideology isn’t hidden from anybody. And in accordance with Opinion ballot surveys, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is about to return to energy in Kerala driving on the recognition of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.Â
So far the Congress had believed that the occasion would take turns to rule the state in 2021, as Kerala has a historical past of alternating governments each 5 years. But after the debacle in the native physique elections in December 2020, the Congress management has gone right into a tizzy. So a lot so, that the occasion is cautious of saying its chief ministerial candidate in the state, conserving its choices open to lure completely different communities and keep away from any backlash.
Announcing his departure, PC Chacko mentioned that the Congress is split into two teams in Kerala, headed by former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala, however the occasion has chosen to look the opposite manner.Â
Rahul Gandhi cannot shift the blame on anybody else if Congress receives a humiliating defeat in Kerala. He is a member of parliament from the state and the Congress cadres look as much as him to win the hearts of the individuals. He appears to be campaigning arduous, however that’s not sufficient, Rahul Gandhi wants to finish the factionalism first to strengthen the occasion and hold hope alive.
In the present situation, if ‘insurgent’ PC Chacko jumps on the left bandwagon, life can develop into tougher for the Congress leaders in Kerala.
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