Doubts and dilemmas in India's grand old Congress party weigh heavily on its election campaign against the ruling BJP
Although the BJP is struggling to canvas local opinions along the lines of the 2014 elections, Congress seems both reluctant in its approach and aware of its limitations in this election.
Things changed for the party in 2017 when Sonia Gandhi, former leader of Congress, handed over the reins of the party to her 48-year-old son Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting the Amethi constituency in the largest Uttar Pradesh state. "Congress has been trying to revive itself more since 1998 than ever before. But they're just ending up messing with it," a Congress insider, who wished not to be named, toldIn 1998, Congress had a brainstorming session in hope to revitalise the party that culminated in the Ekla Chalo [march alone] programme. That programme failed and the party lost the 1999 national elections.
It was clear the party was losing interest in forming alliances and “ceding space”, and ended up contesting that election without partners in crucial states against the powerful BJP, with the latter trouncing Congress in a landslide victory.
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