Mainstream WeeklyMohan Bhagwat once said that opposition parties are not enemies; they have their own viewpoints. Strong opposition is good for healthy democracy. In Indian context, many are regional parties but the Congress is a national opposition party. Undoubtedly, top leadership works hard including president Mallikarjun Kharge. But their efforts hardly transform into votes or help to compete with the BJP. Bihar result is a recent example. Reasons may be best known to the leaders of Congress. Apparently, there seems two reasons to be looked into, first, communication with ground-level party workers, secondly, will power of high command to take strong decisions.
It is a very common feature in the present Congress that the senior leaders suddenly leave the party and that might be under anxious consideration of high command. Having watched rebels interviews, it seems that they were feeling suffocated and initially they tried to adjust, but when it went beyond their control, they used to leave Congress. High command must have pondered over it, or certain coterie did not allow to think over it. Supposedly, if it is, then the issue should agitate their mind aside. It has been persistent feature of Congress. For instance, Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, long ago, had lost her chance to be state president in West Bengal. She was being side-lined, and ultimately, she resigned from the Congress. Congress could not realize the efficiency of its own leader. Banerjee reduced the Congress to a poor third in Bengal politics. In Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma was in the Congress party but joined BJP as his only dream to sit in Tarun Gogoi
