Keeping as eye on the next year assembly elections, the
Uttar Pradesh Congress is projecting Rahul Gandhi as the only Chief Minister
candidate.
Why only?
Unable to come out of the shadow of the
Gandhis, Eletion strategist Prasant Kishor, who is engaged by Congress party
for the next year assembly elections, has made this presentation after meeting
party leaders in the state.
As per him, this is the only option, if Congress wants to
improve its tally and regain the lost ground, from the forth position.
One of the Gandhis, first Rahul second Priyanka has to
lead from the front to pull out of the disorganization. Rahul is his first
choice, while Priyanka is second.
While this idea has not been favoured by Sonia Gandhi, who
is reported to be against both of them contesting assembly election. Priyanka
has been kept away from electoral politics. She had only campaign for her
mother and brother, both parliamentarians from Utter Pradesh.
Rahul Gandhi is seen as the part’s Prime Ministerial candidate.
Some senior Congress leaders see merit in this suggestion
of Mr Kishor, who has earlier draw winning strategies for Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Projecting Rahul Gandhi as the face of the party, in their
view this could push the party in a winning position in a must win state.
Parliament elections are way away and scheduled to be
held in 2019.
In 2012 assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi was not allowed
to lead from the front.
In those elections, the party’s Gorakhpur district unit has
issued large posters featuring his as Singham, the fearless cop from Bollywood
film of the same name, played by actor Ajay Devgan.
(Photos used in this post for presentation purpose only)
(Author: Ramesh Kumar Jajoo
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(Various Sources)
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