Timesof24
Reported By: Pallavi Ghosh
Edited By: Oindrila Mukherjee
Final Up to date: March 18, 2023, 12:37 IST
Senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi gained’t thoughts repeating mom Sonia Gandhi’s technique from 2006 when she opted to resign as MP, and upstaged her opponents by being re-elected from Rae Bareli. (Picture: Reuters/File)
Suspension as an MP works for Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, as it should assist him play the “wronged” card on which he can return to Wayanad and search a re-election that will likely be an almost-certain win
On a sultry afternoon in March 2006, Sonia Gandhi walked out of her workplace on 10, Janpath – accompanied by a grim-looking Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi – after she had introduced her resignation as MP from Rae Bareli. In what was seen as a masterstroke again then, with the opposition raging about “workplace of revenue” as she was an MP in addition to the chairperson of the Nationwide Advisory Council, she mentioned she was “doing the precise factor” by stepping down.
However, she additionally mentioned she won’t hand over and return to her folks; which she did. Carrying a crisp saffron-coloured sari and a tika on her brow, Sonia had brandished a sword when she visited her constituency searching for a re-election and accused the opposition BJP of focusing on her. She gained and used it to upstage her opponents.
Rahul Gandhi gained’t thoughts repeating his mom’s technique 17 years on. As parliament’s first week led to a washout, he faces a suspension discover. The BJP has demanded that he ought to be suspended as an MP if he refuses to apologise for his feedback within the UK. A BJP delegation has appealed to speaker Om Birla to arrange a committee on his suspension.
All eyes are on Birla to see when and if he allots time to Rahul to defend himself. The BJP, in the meantime, is straining its ears to listen to sorry, which is unlikely, and the saffron celebration will then push for the senior Congress chief’s suspension.
Not that the Congress minds. The truth is, many celebration leaders mentioned this would possibly simply be an empty menace from the BJP to “seize headlines and this might come again to them”.
“In the event that they do that, (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi will show that democracy is useless in India,” Congress MP Manickam Tagore advised Timesof24.
Strategically talking, a suspension works for Rahul and the Congress. It’ll assist him play the “wronged” card on which he can return to Wayanad and search a re-election that will likely be an almost-certain win. Additionally, Rahul can then push the narrative that he refused to bow earlier than the BJP and the folks stood by him as they voted him again to energy.
Some others additionally really feel this may help him get help again in his previous household constituency of Amethi and earn some sympathy. In 2006, when Sonia had pushed into Rae Bareli after her resignation, she had cried: ‘Jung jaari rahegi aur caravan badta rahega’.
One thing which the son may also need to say as he heads into the 2024 Lok Sabha ballot battle.
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