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Existential crisis in Congress, says Jairam Ramesh
The veteran leader also justified the Gujarat Congress’s decision to send 44 of its MLAs to a resort in Karnataka.
The Congress is facing an "existential crisis," senior leader of the party Jairam Ramesh has said. He called for a a collective effort by party leaders to overcome the challenges it is facing from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.
According
to
him,
business
as
usual
approach
will
not
work
against
Modi
and
Shah
and
that
party
leaders
need
to
show
flexibility
in
their
approach
to
make
Congress
relevant.
In
an
exclusive
interview
to
PTI,
Ramesh
stated
the
Congress
had
faced
"electoral
crisis"
from
1996
to
2004
when
it
was
out
of
power
and
also
faced
a
similar
situation
in
1977
when
it
lost
the
elections
held
immediately
after
the
emergency.
"But
today,
I
would
say
that
the
Congress
is
facing
an
existential
crisis.
It
is
not
an
electoral
crisis.
The
party
really
is
in
deep
crisis,"
Ramesh
said.
"We have to understand we are up against Mr Modi, Mr Shah. And they think differently, they act differently, and if we are not flexible in our approach, we will become irrelevant, frankly," the Congress leader further said.
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The veteran leader also justified the Gujarat Congress's decision to send 44 of its MLAs to a resort in Karnataka on July 29 so as to prevent the alleged "poaching" attempts by BJP ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, saying the saffron party had also "transported" its MLAs in the past.
Stressing the need for the Congress to change its strategy, Ramesh said, "Old slogans don't work, old formulas don't work, old mantras don't work. India has changed, the Congress party has to change," he said.
Commenting on uncertainty whether Rahul Gandhi will take over as the Congress President, the former Union Minister expressed hope that the Gandhi scion will take the reins of the party before the end of 2017. "I have only expectation. That's all. In 2018 and 2019 you will be busy with elections. State elections, national elections...and this type of thing...uncertainty is not good," he said, urging Gandhi to end the uncertainty.
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