Congress high command’s cussed refusal to acknowledge and address the crisis confronting the party is inexplicable and irrational. The party looks rudderless and disaster-prone. Senior leaders are right in pressing the panic button. The Gandhis must heed those voices of reason, instead of unleashing the ever-opportunistic loyalists to silence them.
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