Sonia Gandhi’s fear appears to be returning to haunt the Congress. A contentious statement by a Congress party leader from Uttar Pradesh has virtually put the cat among the pigeons and created flutters in party circles.

Imran Masood, the Congress MP from Saharanpur, stated that Priyanka Gandhi would make a better prime minister in handling the Bangladesh situation. He compared Priyanka to her grandmother, Indira Gandhi, and her handling of the situation that led to the creation of Bangladesh as a sovereign country in 1971.

Sycophancy and the scramble for relevance
There is an undeclared race among fringe Congress leaders to demonstrate their loyalties to the Gandhi siblings and secure their own futures by getting into their good books. The Congress party, anyway, is known for accepting sycophancy as a tool to promote one’s prospects. Masood is no exception. What he said can be attributed to his overenthusiasm.

BJP seizes the moment, Congress keeps quiet

However, the BJP was quick to lap it up and suggest that it showed a lack of faith by a party lawmaker in the leadership qualities of Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi remains the incumbent Leader of Opposition and an eternal prime minister-in-waiting.

The Congress party did not react officially, but Masood was chided by senior leaders for making the statement. This forced him to........

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