Another Congress crisis

The grand old party must stop the accelerating rot

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Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jitin Prasada

Business Standard Editorial Comment  |  New Delhi 

Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily’s assertion on Thursday that the Congress needs to undergo a major surgery, and people with competence and mass base should be given charge of states is an obvious prescription for India’s oldest political party which has been in the intensive care unit for quite some time now.

Rahul Gandhi acolyte Jitin Prasada’s exit from the party and entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a little over a year after another Gandhi associate Jyotiraditya Scindia in Madhya Pradesh crossed the floor with 22 party legislators underlines the ...

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First Published: Thu, June 10 2021. 22:35 IST
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