BLOODY MARY SAGARI wrote in her new love the Times of India - "Leading UP may bring out the leader in Rahul" and recommended that : "Rahul Gandhi must be projected as the future Uttar Pradesh chief minister, new Congress strategist Prashant Kishor has reportedly advised. Not an original idea. ...........Yet it is an idea whose time has come. Family-worshipping Congressmen may fulminate that the heir apparent is being downsized, but Rahul Gandhi's claim to be a national leader remains iffy . "
She added, " In Parliament, he still hasn't really displayed any outstanding passion. Instead he seems to have one foot out of the door and there's a lack of any visible persistence for a cause. Not even the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, he seems to be still flirting with politics, flitting between issues, from farmer suicides to JNU to net neutrality . His interventions don't provide a policy-oriented governance agenda. Instead they evoke youthful NGO-activist-type idealism ".
So why should Rahul Gandhi not challenge himself in the land he once described as his karmabhoomi? Over 200 million strong, UP could be the fifth most populous country in the world. The opportunity to lead such a multitude is hardly a demotion."
India Honest surprises, if Papoo will take Sagri's bite?
"The BJP seems poised to return to its core Hindutva MandirMasjid agenda in a desperate attempt to win back its lost Hindu vote. Trapped between Mandal and Kamandal, UP yearns for a leader who can become a symbol of change. Since he claims to stand for a new brand of politics, why can't Rahul Gandhi attempt to be that leader?
In Delhi, Rahul may well be overwhelmed by the old order, by leaders who still instinctively turn to his mother. UPA allies like Sharad Pawar and even party heavyweights like P Chidambaram or A K Antony still regard him as the perpetual junior.
But in Lucknow, Rahul could well be his own boss, not having to look constantly over his shoulders to see if mama and her gang of oldies are watching. Chief ministers don't have the luxury to be constantly carping NGOs. They have to work with bureaucrats to solve daily challenges. A chance to do real work (if he wins) and show the stamina to build from the ground could earn Rahul more spurs than he ever could in Delhi."
But in Lucknow, Rahul could well be his own boss, not having to look constantly over his shoulders to see if mama and her gang of oldies are watching. Chief ministers don't have the luxury to be constantly carping NGOs. They have to work with bureaucrats to solve daily challenges. A chance to do real work (if he wins) and show the stamina to build from the ground could earn Rahul more spurs than he ever could in Delhi."
Now India Honest can't stop laughing on Sagri's lollipop, "A chance to do real work (if he wins) ". What a dream joke ? Sorry hard lobbying Mem, a dynasty born prince never work, only because of lack the basic IQ., and thus they remain Papoo perpetually.
Even till date after so many years in Indian politics, neither her mother nor he himself can give a ten minute lecture without the written notes. The nation has not forgotten the Times Now interview, when on the subject discussion of"women's power", Papoo mixed everything on earth, except the topic to explain what Congress has done in last six decades except Rahul's meeting with one Kalawati and what his party intended to do in future .
Sagri is more justified in saying, "Congress leaders may well pay cosmetic obeisance to Rahul but do they really respect him? Would a national anti-BJP alliance in 2019, comprising seasoned subaltern satraps, accept him as their undisputed leader? Or will he be eternally typecast as Rahul baba who hasn't yet decided if he's cleanshaven or bearded? Persistence and perseverance are the foundations of politics. Mamata struggled for 20 years, Lalu spent 10 years in the wilderness, Nitish weathered the rough and tumble for decades before ascending the CM's chair".