Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 28May 19 Congress must take stock of its crushing defeat at the polls

I write to you in reference to Samanth Subramanian’s article To reverse decline, must India’s Congress party ditch its dynasty? (May 27).

This article about the crushing defeat of Congress during the recent Indian elections was truly insightful. Despite Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s offer to resign his post, members of his party refused to let him step down. I was truly surprised to see this as he did not show great leadership during the election campaign and his party got very bad results.

Senior leaders such as Gulam Nabi Azad wish to retain Mr Gandhi and keep him in his current position, which shows that Congress loyalists have not learned anything from their overwhelming defeat at the polls.

There are many senior leaders in the Congress party who could do a better job than Mr Gandhi but they are forced to take a back seat, as he drives his party over a cliff. Dynasties continue to wreak havoc in Indian politics.

K Ragavan, Bengaluru