Through PTI
HYDERABAD: Rahul Gandhi does now not like backseat using or saying his authority and his biggest worth going ahead will probably be to play the function of an ‘ideological compass’ for the Congress, senior chief Jairam Ramesh stated on Wednesday.
Every week after Mallikarjun Kharge, the primary non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, took fee of the birthday celebration, Ramesh stated some individuals are calling Gandhi the elephant within the room however his reaction is that the previous birthday celebration leader is in fact a ‘tiger at the street’.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh informed PTI, has been a ‘actual booster dose’ for the general public courting of the birthday celebration and its “two Cs”- connectivity for Gandhi and collectivity for the organisation. Probably the most tangible affect is on Congress organisation. Congress morale is now at extremely prime ranges. Whether or not this may translate into long-lasting public improve is now dependent at the organisation,” the senior chief stated.
Ramesh, who could also be strolling within the Yatra, cited philosopher and thinker Albert Camus to explain Gandhi’s management taste — “Do not stroll in the back of me; I would possibly not lead. Do not stroll in entrance of me; I would possibly not observe. Simply stroll beside me.”
“Having identified Mr. Gandhi for 18 years, and I do know him quite smartly, he does now not like backseat using, he does now not like saying his place or authority, he’s an excessively democratic individual,” Ramesh stated.
The adventure undertaken via the birthday celebration has had a transformative affect in the case of perceptions of Gandhi that were “distorted very closely” via the “BJP troll system”, he stated in an interview with PTI all the way through the Yatra right here.
For him in my view on the age of 68 in addition to for the birthday celebration organisation, the Yatra is the “ultimate throw of the cube” and a “massive gamble”, Ramesh stated.
Requested what function Gandhi would play with Kharge taking on the birthday celebration’s reins, the Congress basic secretary in-charge communications stated it’s as much as Kharge and Gandhi to come to a decision that.
“Talking as a Congressman, an place of work bearer, member of Parliament, I believe Mr Rahul Gandhi’s biggest worth will probably be to play the function of an ideological compass for the birthday celebration,” he stated.
Each birthday celebration wishes an ideological compass or an ethical compass, and Rahul Gandhi is preferably fitted to that function, Ramesh argued.
“Now whether or not he performs that function or now not is completely between him and Mr Kharge. I can best discuss for myself. I believe his comparative merit lies in taking part in the function of an ideological or ethical compass, one thing just like the function Mr PN Haksar (former primary secretary to PM) performed vis-a-vis Mrs Indira Gandhi from 1967-73,” he stated.
“In fact Mr Haksar was once a backroom guy while Mr Gandhi could be very a lot a lounge individual,” he added.
Discussing the Yatra, which began at Kanyakumari on September 7, Ramesh stated what it has carried out very visibly is energise the Congress organisation, be it in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh or Telangana.
“The Bharat Jodo Yatra, I’d now not say has opened a window of alternative, it has opened a door of alternative. The narrative across the Congress and Gandhi has been reworked, it’s now not a unfavorable vilification narrative,” the senior Congress chief stated.
This is a narrative that recognizes that that is slightly a novel strive at mass touch, Ramesh stated.
Requested if Gandhi has been a revelation all the way through the Yatra, Ramesh stated, “I’d now not say revelation, this is a revelation for the individuals who vilified him, who ran him down. It’s the actual one who is overlaying 22 km on a daily basis. So it’s not a brand new Rahul, it’s the actual Rahul that has pop out.”
There was once a marketing campaign ever since 2009 — when the Congress got here again with a heightened majority — to break, vilify, malign and defame him, and in addition the Congress birthday celebration, he stated.
“The election defeat in 2014 and 2019, I don’t believe the blame is his (Gandhi). The defeat for sure affected his public character and the truth that he misplaced from Amethi as smartly. What this Yatra has carried out is that it has given a possibility for Rahul Gandhi to have an unmediated reference to the folk with out the media. He does now not have a spin system round him, he’s strolling 22-23 km day by day assembly hundreds of other people and interacting with various organisations. There’s no doubt that post-Bharat Jodo Yatra Rahul Gandhi could be noticed dramatically another way each inside the organisation and outdoor as smartly,” Ramesh stated.
“What I to find fascinating is that via and big 9 of the ten critics who vilified Gandhi have modified their view or have saved quiet.”
He brushed aside tips that the Congress was once best focussed at the Yatra and now not at the upcoming meeting polls, pronouncing the birthday celebration organisation was once in position and whilst Ashok Gehlot was once main the fee in Gujarat, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was once doing so in Himachal Pradesh.
If Rahul Gandhi is named upon to marketing campaign, he would take a few days off and opt for the marketing campaign, he added.
Ramesh additionally rejected claims that the Congress is powerful within the South and susceptible within the North.
The Congress after having long gone during the Covid pandemic is now going via Yatra-itis’, he stated, mentioning the primary Yatra and sub-Yatras being held in quite a lot of states.
Requested in regards to the affect the Yatra would have ultimately, Ramesh stated it is dependent upon the organisation and the kind of adjustments AICC leader Kharge and his crew are ready to position in position.
“It’s not a magic wand, as I stated, This is a booster dose. We stay wanting booster doses now and again. This I believe is the primary actual significant booster dose after a very long time,” he stated.
On whether or not the birthday celebration was once at the trail to revival at the street to 2024 basic elections, Ramesh stated he could be very circumspect as he believed within the Narayana Murthy fashion of control which is underneath promise and overachieve.
“It’s not that i am going to take a big soar and say the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a change for 2024, this is a lengthy haul, we have now very many deep demanding situations that we need to confront, it is a chance that has been opened,” he stated.
HYDERABAD: Rahul Gandhi does now not like backseat using or saying his authority and his biggest worth going ahead will probably be to play the function of an ‘ideological compass’ for the Congress, senior chief Jairam Ramesh stated on Wednesday.
Every week after Mallikarjun Kharge, the primary non-Gandhi president in over 24 years, took fee of the birthday celebration, Ramesh stated some individuals are calling Gandhi the elephant within the room however his reaction is that the previous birthday celebration leader is in fact a ‘tiger at the street’.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, Ramesh informed PTI, has been a ‘actual booster dose’ for the general public courting of the birthday celebration and its “two Cs”- connectivity for Gandhi and collectivity for the organisation. Probably the most tangible affect is on Congress organisation. Congress morale is now at extremely prime ranges. Whether or not this may translate into long-lasting public improve is now dependent at the organisation,” the senior chief stated.
Ramesh, who could also be strolling within the Yatra, cited philosopher and thinker Albert Camus to explain Gandhi’s management taste — “Do not stroll in the back of me; I would possibly not lead. Do not stroll in entrance of me; I would possibly not observe. Simply stroll beside me.”
“Having identified Mr. Gandhi for 18 years, and I do know him quite smartly, he does now not like backseat using, he does now not like saying his place or authority, he’s an excessively democratic individual,” Ramesh stated.
The adventure undertaken via the birthday celebration has had a transformative affect in the case of perceptions of Gandhi that were “distorted very closely” via the “BJP troll system”, he stated in an interview with PTI all the way through the Yatra right here.
For him in my view on the age of 68 in addition to for the birthday celebration organisation, the Yatra is the “ultimate throw of the cube” and a “massive gamble”, Ramesh stated.
Requested what function Gandhi would play with Kharge taking on the birthday celebration’s reins, the Congress basic secretary in-charge communications stated it’s as much as Kharge and Gandhi to come to a decision that.
“Talking as a Congressman, an place of work bearer, member of Parliament, I believe Mr Rahul Gandhi’s biggest worth will probably be to play the function of an ideological compass for the birthday celebration,” he stated.
Each birthday celebration wishes an ideological compass or an ethical compass, and Rahul Gandhi is preferably fitted to that function, Ramesh argued.
“Now whether or not he performs that function or now not is completely between him and Mr Kharge. I can best discuss for myself. I believe his comparative merit lies in taking part in the function of an ideological or ethical compass, one thing just like the function Mr PN Haksar (former primary secretary to PM) performed vis-a-vis Mrs Indira Gandhi from 1967-73,” he stated.
“In fact Mr Haksar was once a backroom guy while Mr Gandhi could be very a lot a lounge individual,” he added.
Discussing the Yatra, which began at Kanyakumari on September 7, Ramesh stated what it has carried out very visibly is energise the Congress organisation, be it in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh or Telangana.
“The Bharat Jodo Yatra, I’d now not say has opened a window of alternative, it has opened a door of alternative. The narrative across the Congress and Gandhi has been reworked, it’s now not a unfavorable vilification narrative,” the senior Congress chief stated.
This is a narrative that recognizes that that is slightly a novel strive at mass touch, Ramesh stated.
Requested if Gandhi has been a revelation all the way through the Yatra, Ramesh stated, “I’d now not say revelation, this is a revelation for the individuals who vilified him, who ran him down. It’s the actual one who is overlaying 22 km on a daily basis. So it’s not a brand new Rahul, it’s the actual Rahul that has pop out.”
There was once a marketing campaign ever since 2009 — when the Congress got here again with a heightened majority — to break, vilify, malign and defame him, and in addition the Congress birthday celebration, he stated.
“The election defeat in 2014 and 2019, I don’t believe the blame is his (Gandhi). The defeat for sure affected his public character and the truth that he misplaced from Amethi as smartly. What this Yatra has carried out is that it has given a possibility for Rahul Gandhi to have an unmediated reference to the folk with out the media. He does now not have a spin system round him, he’s strolling 22-23 km day by day assembly hundreds of other people and interacting with various organisations. There’s no doubt that post-Bharat Jodo Yatra Rahul Gandhi could be noticed dramatically another way each inside the organisation and outdoor as smartly,” Ramesh stated.
“What I to find fascinating is that via and big 9 of the ten critics who vilified Gandhi have modified their view or have saved quiet.”
He brushed aside tips that the Congress was once best focussed at the Yatra and now not at the upcoming meeting polls, pronouncing the birthday celebration organisation was once in position and whilst Ashok Gehlot was once main the fee in Gujarat, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was once doing so in Himachal Pradesh.
If Rahul Gandhi is named upon to marketing campaign, he would take a few days off and opt for the marketing campaign, he added.
Ramesh additionally rejected claims that the Congress is powerful within the South and susceptible within the North.
The Congress after having long gone during the Covid pandemic is now going via Yatra-itis’, he stated, mentioning the primary Yatra and sub-Yatras being held in quite a lot of states.
Requested in regards to the affect the Yatra would have ultimately, Ramesh stated it is dependent upon the organisation and the kind of adjustments AICC leader Kharge and his crew are ready to position in position.
“It’s not a magic wand, as I stated, This is a booster dose. We stay wanting booster doses now and again. This I believe is the primary actual significant booster dose after a very long time,” he stated.
On whether or not the birthday celebration was once at the trail to revival at the street to 2024 basic elections, Ramesh stated he could be very circumspect as he believed within the Narayana Murthy fashion of control which is underneath promise and overachieve.
“It’s not that i am going to take a big soar and say the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a change for 2024, this is a lengthy haul, we have now very many deep demanding situations that we need to confront, it is a chance that has been opened,” he stated.