Bric-a-brac
polls & roles
search for crowd-pullers
Till Priyanka’s limited entry on the election scene, Rahul
Gandhi was the only general who fought the battle for the Congress in
the Lok Sabha elections. Though the Congress has many leaders—and some
of them travelled around the country to campaign too—they were not in
demand by the candidates fighting the elections. The reason was that
they failed to attract crowds. Their speeches were marked by thin
attendance wherever they went to woo voters. To make matters worse, the
media just focused on the main players like Modi and Rahul and, to a
large extent, ignored the other leaders of any political party. There
was yet another reason. A top Congress leader told gfiles that
the ruling party always fought elections led by the Prime Minister, the
Home Minister, the Defence Minister, and the Finance Minister.... Read more
No comments:
Post a Comment