An absence called Rahul Gandhi

As non-events go, it was a significant one. After months of hearing about Rahul Gandhi’s ascension to ‘an important role within the party’, the promised elevation to the position of Vice President took place. In line with  RahulGandhi’s overall reluctance to assume responsibility, coyness was exercised about announcing that he would be the Congress’ Prime Ministerial candidate. For a party that is faced with a  remarkable  lack  of  options,  with  theManmohan Singh experiment having spluttered out of gas, and rendering the division of power, such as it was, between the party and the government discredited beyond repair, the reluctance  to  take  the  only  meaningful  optionavailable and get on with it would have been difficult to understand, had it not become an established pattern by now.

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