ÒPINION: RAHUL GANDHI

The Congress Party, after decades of ruling the country, has lost horriblly ìn the last general  elections.

Scam after scam, indecision, throwing the   buck on others,not taking responsibility squarely on their own shoulders, ťoo many formalities  in making even a simple decision, has çost them heavily. Top this up with a makeshift Prime Minister who was incapable of making  decisions of his own,and seeing them through for ten years. He had no voice, a lackey to Sonia Gandhi,  who could not reach out to the people.

When something  ģoes wrong ,committes  are formed. When there is still no answer, sub-committes are formed. There is no proper supervision over these committees,with the result that no work was done.

What is the value of a national political party of the Congresses' grace that they disregard their senior and more seasoned members and put a young 'kid' at the helm? He throws his weight with people of his father's age, is aggressive, thinks that by gimmicks he can win over the younger generation. And then for some reason he disappears from the scene totally for a month or two.

In my opinion,  Mr Rahul Gandhi has to learn about  India, and what it means to be an Indian. The common Indian is no fool.He is well aware of  what is happening.

Secondly he has to study and mature as a politician. This cannot be done overnight. It takes years. Thirdly he has to respect his elders, and learn to seek advice. Then again he has to cut the apron strings that tie him to his mother.

Fourthly he has to develop a personality. Just being aggressive with his mother backing him will not do. He has to realise that the Congress Party doesn't belong to him or his family. He also has to take it in his stride that Sonia Gandhi is a person non-grata in Indian Politics today.

Rahul Gandhi is making a fool out of himself in the public eye. The  Indian public is vibrant and mature, and can't  be taken for a ride.

It will take time for the Indian National Congress to come up again. My take is that it will take quite some time. They need to find a strong leader with solid backing. At the moment  they have none.

~ Dr Pranjal Rajkhowa

OPINION : Mr Arvind Kejriwal

The tussle between the AAP ( read Arvind Kejriwal ) and the Lt Governor of Delhi, Mr Jung, is becoming an embarrassment to India and abroad.
There is a hidden reason to this tussle; the common man may not be able to see through this; but many people do.

Mr Kejriwal is given to tantrums, gimmicks, playing to the galleries, and drama which will catch the common man's emotions. He banks on this for political mileage. He calls himself an anarchist, which he probably is, judging by what was going on in his last short tenure as CM, and this new tenure too.

Emotional blackmail of the public, strances and drama is all right if you look at him as a politician in the short run. But in the long run, this could be self destructive.

He has no respect for the law, knows very little about governance, and by the time he does get down to proper governance, he will be long gone, and remembered as a jester.

Aurangzeb would have probably loved to have him as a court jester, and then perhaps would have put him to the sword.

Why does Mr Kejriwal oppose everything?  He tries to recruit policemen from Bihar for the Delhi Police, which constitutionally is not under his control. He promises hundreds of jobs to people of his own choice without knowing that there are set rules and norms for recruitment. I am saying " without knowing ", but my take is that he very well knows this.

Why does he want the control of the Anti Corruption Bureau? He behaves as if he already owns this Bureau!

To hundreds and thousands of voters who have made him the CM of Delhi a second time ( despite his losing face in the first ), he has become a thorn in the neck, and has vanquished their aspirations.

His continuous fight with the Lt Governor, Mr Jung, is an embarrassment to India and abroad.

What will Mr Modi do?  Nothing perhaps. Mr Modi has no time for jokers and will wait for Kejriwal to destroy himself!