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Bharath Kumar S's avatar

Taking Chandrashekar Azad into Congress could serve all these purposes.

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Vinod's avatar

With phenomenal clarity of vision, the essay enunciates vision and strategy for Congress to overwhelm and trounce demagoguery, propaganda factories, and WhatsApp university syllabus of BJP- RSS which has limited potency.

Communicate strategy effectively to the ranks and tactical alliance with regional parties without much fuss and ego, treat dissent as a challenge, treat it as an opportunity to clarify and formulate strategies to BJP’s dysfunctional politics.

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Shuvam's avatar

RG getting his act together is as remote as the feasibility of flat earth....interesting point of discussion, but without any basis in reality. Not gonna happen.

Apart from the destruction to our country wrought by the policies of the BJP, I blame the Congress equally for being a collection of nincompoops without any clear direction, leadership or strategy, in being a credible opposition and providing voters a choice, an alternative, which is critical.

As of now, the Congress rivals the Titanic with maybe one exception....speed. But it is slowly and surely getting there.

As long as RG, SG, PG are the helm of things, and represent Congress, votes will be difficult to get. Failure to communicate effectively is just a small part of the problem and the challenge. They have no credibility amongst the masses and the voters today, and the BJP IT cell with its propaganda campaigns hammer home the fact every single day.

Flaunting your biceps and six packs, going swimming in Kerala, dancing in the tea gardens at Jorhat, Assam....great for photo ops, but is not vote worthy as voters repeatedly prove.

Somehow, despite everything, the message doesn't sink in...

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Ajit Saxena's avatar

Reach out to Azaad, reach out to OBCs nominate them as candidate now itself. Reach out to farmers, women.

Great article Sonali

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Ahmad's avatar

Well thought plan. Hope it will be implemented.

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Bisakha's avatar

Well articulated. Smart vision.

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Arul Sali's avatar

'Am smiling.....grinning, rather. Thank you, Sonali, for once again articulating it the way you do!

Have been saying all along - it is as simple as that!!

Hope the ones who need to, pay heed and do needful....

Cheers!

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Vinod's avatar

With phenomenal clarity of vision, the essay enunciates vision and strategy for Congress to overwhelm and trounce demagoguery, propaganda factories, and WhatsApp university syllabus of BJP- RSS which has limited potency.

Communicate strategy effectively to the ranks and tactical alliance with regional parties without much fuss and ego, treat dissent as a challenge, treat it as an opportunity to clarify and formulate strategies to BJP’s dysfunctional politics.

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Ranjan Sapra's avatar

Democracy is already feeble in India. Let us hope it does not die altogether

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