There was a time when everyone from renowned intellectuals to poor farmers had pinned their hopes on Rahul Gandhi. 

It was after a long gap that they had seen an ebullient politician talking sense. His apparent disquiet was viewed by them as a source of energy which has been missing from Indian politics for several decades. He would speak about a caucus in the Congress, and people thought the slight-bearded scion of the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty was a rebel trying to deconstruct the dynasty politics.