Tuneless RaGa


                                                             
All music lovers must be aware of what raga means. According to the Indian musical tradition, it is the means to evoke emotions in the audience. Congress’ RaGa failed to do that. He sang but the melody was tuneless. He couldn’t even touch Amethi’s soul, leave alone touching India’s.

Relying only on the aura of Nehru-Gandhi name will not help the party. Congress, once an invincible political force, is now only a shadow of its former self. The party has good leaders still but not effective leadership. Unless the issue of leadership gets fixed, Congress is not going to go anywhere.

Narendra Modi is a formidable opponent. Congress has to pit an equally formidable leader against him. Someone who can match Modi’s oratory, shrewdness, forcefulness, street-smartness and political machinations. Right or wrong, Modi has a vision. He knows where he has to go and where he has to take India. Congress, on the other hand, is visionless. Except, appeasing the minorities, it has nothing new to offer.

For how long can Congress bask on its past achievements? It has lost touch with the grass-root levels, while BJP has connected well. And therein, lies the difference. Congress leaders are still living in a dream world, they have lost power, but they continue to believe that they are still in power. They blame Modi for being authoritarian – but so was Indira Gandhi. She alienated many senior leaders during her tenure, who left Congress, to form separate parties, which was later to become BJP.

The nation is grateful to Congress for all that it has done since its inception – the freedom struggle, the Nehru-era and the liberalisation of the Indian economy. But it cannot bring Congress back to power if it fails to change with the demands of the time. And the first change that Congress has to usher in is to alter its RaGa. Otherwise in 2024 also, BJP will set the tune.

-          NZ

24.5.2019
















Comments

  1. Saima24 May 2019 at 10:48

    Congress is singing the wrong melody as the taste of music for nation has changed.But it won't be wrong to say Indian politics is at its lowest .

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  2. Deepak Mehra25 May 2019 at 05:27

    Globally, people are demanding a new political order. That explains the rise of Trump, Right-wing parties in Europe, Brexit, Durarte in Philippines and Modi in India. The aristocratic class and their elite media is horribly disconnected with the masses and their aspirations.

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  3. Unknown25 May 2019 at 05:41

    Well said, right or wrong ,But Modi has a vision and Congress is visionless.

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