Now, Karnataka CM gives some gyan to Rahul Gandhi


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New Delhi, Nov 18, 2014: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has joined the growing procession of Congress leaders to advise party vice-president Rahul Gandhi. 

 

Siddaramaiah, who is the only remaining Congress CM of a large state, has said that Rahul needs to be more assertive and should engage more with people.

 

The Karnataka CM’s comment amounts to acknowledgment that Rahul continues to be a reluctant leader while it is also seen as defiance of the party’s diktat that senior leaders should refrain from advising the Gandhi scion in public. 

 

Annoyed over several senior leaders’ advice to the party’s top leadership, Congress last week issued a fresh gag order asking them not to air their views in public.

 

 

Recently, senior Congress leaders P Chidambaram, Hansraj Bhardwaj and Digvijaya Singh had issued statements that appeared to be questioning Rahul’s style of functioning.  

 

While Chidambaram said Rahul should speak more often in public, Singh had urged the party vice-president to communicate more often and to take over Congress reins. Bhardwaj too joined the camp and suggested a more active role for Priyanka Gandhi.

 

The spate of comments have come at a time when Rahul is facing flak for the Congress’s humiliating defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls where the party’s tally reduced to 44 from 206 in 2009. 

 

The party’s diktat came as there was a feeling that senior leaders making controversial remarks against the top leadership was denting the party’s image, especially at a time when Rahul is trying to rebuild the organization.

 

The Karnataka CM’s remark is viewed as politically sensitive since it could again put the issue of Rahul’s leadership in the spotlight. 

 

However, partymen said Siddaramaiah made the statement in a bid to deflect the focus from the dissidence against him in the state unit.




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