Decoding Sonia Gandhi’s decision to remove Digvijay Singh from post of Goa in-charge
The preliminary organisational reshuffle in the Congress party over the weekend has sent out a clear signal that hibernating party president Sonia Gandhi has again opted to assume the ‘captaincy’ and act as a balancing point between son Rahul and the party’s old guard.
Sources have revealed that Sonia will ‘actively’ be involved in national politics and All India Congress Committee (AICC) affairs, while Rahul will be asked to focus on strengthening the party in the states.
Receding to the backstage after Rahul Gandhi was made party vice-president at the AICC session in Jaipur, Rajasthan, in 2013 with the idea and hope that the over century old party would undergo an overhaul under his nascent leadership, Sonia Gandhi has experienced a reality check of sorts in the last four years through the poor or less than satisfactory electoral results in various states and the 2014 general elections that delivered a unanimous majority vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ‘its leader’ Narendra Modi.
The latest shock for the Congress was the dismal showing in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls, which delivered a massive mandate for the BJP for a third consecutive term. Political analysts say ‘the repeated failures of Rahul …read more
