Queried whether lack of leadership was behind poor performance of Congress in UP, Sonia Gandhi responded, "I would say rather than lack of leadership, (there are) too many leaders... That is our problem." - Too many leaders???? And that too only in UP? I think it was a slip of the tongue. What she meant was 'there were too many 'Bleeders', who bled Congress to death - Rahul Gandhi, Digvijay Singh, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Salman Khushid and so on
Asked about the reasons that could have impacted the party's performance, she said in UP, weak organizational structure and wrong choice of candidates could have been the factors - And pray who has been in charge of heading the Youth Congress and responsible for UP for the past few years, especially ticket distribution? Her own dumb witted son. Anyway, where is the bloody Organization for Congress in UP, or for that matter anywhere in the Country?
Asked whether corruption was an issue in the elections, she claimed that the Congress was the only party fighting against corruption. "We passed the Lokpal bill in Lok Sabha...But who blocked it in the Rajya Sabha?" she asked.- She could do well to refresh the Rajya Sabha proceedings of the last day of the previous session. It was her own party that decided to prolong till the clock struck mid night and hastily withdrew the bill.
Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the UPCC Chief, who was in the forefront in masterminding the spectacular defeat of Congress in UP, should have been given the boot. But hey presto! Her family is rewarded through the air dropping of her brother Vijay Bahuguna in Uttarakhand to become the CM. So much for accountability
We used to comment in a light vein that a particular bad actor should be given an award, so that he wont take up acting again. Similarly I sincerely wish Sachin Tendulkar will get his 100th International Century, so that the guy will decide to hang up his boots once for all. There is a saying that one should retire when people ask 'Why' and not 'Why not?'. In Tendulkar's case it has gone even beyond that. It is more like "Why the HELL is he STILL NOT GONE?"
