Congress, media and political class are agog at the official entry of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra into politics. She’s being compared to the original ‘Mrs G’, complete with striding walk, no-nonsense short hair, flamboyantly fashionable saris and instant charisma with crowds. Dubbed the ‘real’ heir to Indira, evoking the mystique of the Gandhi family woman in UP, she’s seen to have the same mass connect as Indira.
But beyond outward appearances, the truth is the Congress party today finds itself in a completely different universe than in Indira Gandhi’s time. In fact the differences in their situation are more glaring than any similarities.
Chad Crowe
In Indira’s time Congress was still Nehru’s party, an opposition-less colossus with a virtual monopoly on power, dominating the Read More
