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Like Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul Too Made Wrong Friends and Saw Congress Ship Sink

kari waker 3 years ago 3 min read

In governmental issues, they say, select your companions and adversaries cautiously. The political history of India is loaded with glaring models when lawmakers were hauled down more by their companions than foes.

As Congress pioneer Rahul Gandhi saw another leave, this time, RPN Singh, his bundle of dear companions, who he had set up and ensured they got a decent arrangement in the UPA government, the correlation with his dad and previous Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi can’t be ignored. Both dad and child have been let somewhere near their companions and have been very unfortunate in fellowships. Party president Sonia Gandhi, notwithstanding, has been more brilliant and figured out how to keep a distance between her companions from her own space and her expert consultants. For instance, while writer Suman Dubey and his family have been exceptionally near Sonia Gandhi yet have been extremely hesitant with regards to offering political guidance to her.

Like Rajiv, Rahul Gandhi, as well, has been surrounded by the ‘Doon posse’. VP Singh and Arun Singh, to give some examples, had a grasp over Rajiv Gandhi’s legislative issues. Arun Singh is the starkest of all. At the point when Arun Singh was the MoS protection, the Indian Army, told by Chief of Army Staff General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, had arranged broad military activities on the Indo-Pak line code named ‘Brasstacks’. The subtleties and plans were cleared by Arun Singh. Fears had emerged in Pakistan that these activities were a cover for cross-line intercession. Reports showed up in the Indian press that Pakistan was activating its soldiers into fight positions. It was viewed as a major strategic goof-up and the service of outer undertakings was not kept on top of it. At the point when then, at that point, outer undertakings serve Natwar Singh called attention to Rajiv Gandhi as PM even he was not kept tuned in by guard serve Arun Singh, subsequently, he ought to be sacked. Rajiv reacted by saying “he is a companion”. Rajiv was informed that he was the Prime Minister not anyone’s companion. It so happened that as Bofors claims accumulated steam and Rajiv Gandhi ended up in steaming hot water, his dearest companions steadily deserted him, including VP Singh and Arun Singh. It was viewed as the disloyalty, and sources say it was the one Rajiv Gandhi never moved past with.

In their leave, questions emerged over Rahul Gandhi’s selection of companions. Many blamed him for succumbing to a circle culture like his grandma Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv to such an extent, that while he might have been encircled by splendid individuals they were not politically canny all of the time. With this came the sidelining of the people who were seniors who had the grit in the complex and presently unavoidable universe of alliance governmental issues. Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad among others were his mom Sonia’s “sound counselors” and effective ones as well.

In the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha races, in which Rahul Gandhi was the chief of the boat, the shortcoming was stuck to his guides who had driven him up the nursery way. While there has been a change in his counselors, the way that a large number of his “Doon school companions,” who he started his political excursion with him, are no longer with him. This proceeds to show that like his dad, Rahul Gandhi, as well, has been unfortunate in fellowships. An acidic remark came from an individual from Congress G-23 to News18.com after RPN Singh joined the BJP, “Rahul Gandhi loathes us and doesn’t confide in us. Be that as it may, we are still with the party while the people who he considered his companions have passed on him to join the adversary camp.”