Shoe hurled at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during rally in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi is in Uttar Pradesh campaigning for Congress party for the upcoming elections in the state. A person attempted to hurl a shoe at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during his road show in Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Later, the police arrested the local who tried to hurl shoe at Rahul and started questioning him on his false concern on farmers.
Historian Ramachandra Guha said that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi should retire from politics.He also said that Rahul should get married and that 'it would be good for him'.
In his interview to The Economic Times Ramachandra Guha said, "There are still very many people, too many, I would say, who think that the Congress can revive as a national political force. But my sense is that what we are probably seeing is the BJP emerging as the only national party in the foreseeable future. The BJP, in terms of its role in Indian politics not in terms of its ideology, will be like the Congress in the 1960s and '70s.
Even BJP Leader Nitin Gadkari wondered that if Rahul working towards Gandhi's desire to dissolve Congress. On a question on Congress' reinvention, Guha said - "...Outside the Congress echo chamber, there is a sense that the Gandhi family is useless. Rahul Gandhi is an object of ridicule and contempt by people who would otherwise be attracted to a liberal Congress point of view.
It is possible that in the next general election, due to anti-incumbency, the Congress may go from 44 to 70 or 80 or even 100 and Mayawati's BSP, that has been reduced to zero may get a few, but of what use ? But they can't become a major force again..." and added, "...It is a lingering death, it is a terminal illness. Rahul Gandhi should retire from politics, get married and start a family. That will be good for him. That will be good for India also..."
One can feel that yes, why not both Rahul and Mayawati must consider Historian Ramachandra Guha's suggestion for "Peace" ? Yes it will be big peace for themselves as well for the nation, that has suffered much for their attempts to divide the people, the communities in communal or caste line.