not many people expected What Congress says will be practiced in Chintan Shivar or Manthan in UdaipurRajasthan, from May 13 to 15, but its Looks like the list of candidates for Rajya Sabha has been confirmed Most cynical thoughts. Rarely has any political party dropped a set of principles within days of announcing it with the boisterous fervor and self-righteousness carried out by the Congress in this matter. In Udaipur camp, it was resolved that the principle of ‘one family, one ticket’ should be ensured. A retirement age was suggested for leaders holding elected positions, although no specific decision was made. These steps would have been a good start, though not enough to spark some new ideas, infuse some new blood and revitalize the party. But far from making any serious effort to pursue this modest reform agenda, the Congress party crushed it completely, if not in letter, then certainly in spirit. The exclusion of Anand Sharma and Ghulam Nabi Aazab, who have been in the Upper House for four and five terms respectively, only shows that the scores have been decided rather than showing allegiance to any principle. Now who will be waiting for its list of 2024 Lok Sabha candidates in which Congress has promised to include 50% people below 50 years of age?
Finally, of the 10 members Congress will send to the Upper House, at least two are other members of their own family to represent the party in the State Legislature or Parliament; All five seats that the party can win in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh – the last two states where it has chief ministers – have gone to outside leaders. Randeep Singh Surjewala’s candidature is also not from his home state Haryana, but from Rajasthan. As it happens, the Congress is organizing state-level meetings across the country on June 1 and 2 to communicate the decisions taken in Udaipur. The Rajya Sabha list hardly forms the inspiring background of that exercise. The party demands blood and sweat from its workers and rewards a select few. All this has naturally created resentment in the party, as there are no objective and salvageable norms that the Congress has followed. This blatant disregard and, in fact, humiliation of the common worker, has already brought the Congress to its knees. Any other party would have blamed those responsible for its defeat. The Congress brand of politics has been reduced to bargaining between managers without a base and a small club of power brokers. While this may be favorable to those who control it, any analysis that expects the Congress to be the source of democratic resurgence in India must be tempered by a cold shower of restraint.