Priyanka Gandhi Vadra targeted PM Modi over the latter’s repeated Nehru bashing, and i felt a some happiness that someone was voicing what i had felt for 6 odd years now, and done so in a rhetorically effective way (unlike her brother).
“When Done Nehru Bashing, Debate Unemployment”: Priyanka Gandhi’s Top Quotes
You can find the entire speech on YouTube : LIVE: Smt. Priyanka Gandhi ji speaks in Parliament on the 150th anniversary of ‘Vande Mataram’.
Ram Guha has said multiple times that if Rahul and Priyanka were to leave the INC, the charge of dynasty and sins Nehru and Indira (real and alleged) wouldn’t pull the INC back as much as it does. But i think we are at a point where even firm BJP supporters are fed up of BJP’s Nehru bashing and its bound to have diminishing returns.
Its been 12 years and Nehru bashing brings cheers from only the hardcore supporters and none others. Maybe we are at an inflection point, maybe not.
Personally I remain an admirer of Nehru while disagreeing with his decisions profoundly. Maybe i will expand upon my criticisms and praise at some point but i do not think Gandhi erred massively in choosing Nehru over Patel. While i do think Gandhi shouldn’t have gone against democratic nature of congress (which had chosen Patel), I do think Nehru would have been a better PM had Patel remained alive longer into Nehru’s term. A bit cliched but Nehru’s life kind of reminds me of famous lines from Dark knight trilogy.
You die a hero or you stay alive long enough to become a villain.
I am not into fortune telling but i think the path Modi is following is very similar to his great opponent (atleast in his own mind), Jawahar Lal Nehru. I think they’re a bit more alike that their followers think. But all thats for another time.
she gives strong Indira vibes
The OTT Nehru bashing is almost litmus test indicator for me – folks who resort to this excessively are invariably incapable of being objective. Tribal perspectives bore me, on either side of the spectrum.
ur author now btw
thanks.-
who is serving as the member of the Lok Sabha for Wayanad, Kerala, since November 2024
I guess one State where her Mixed Heritage is not not a disadvantage.
She then completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi,[2] and a master’s degree in Buddhist studies in 2010
Nice education background./ Too bad no Economic or Technical Education
I think Kerala is their safe seat; they are allowed to contest from multiple seats?
Would a Mixed Heritage (half Italian) stand a a chance in even BJP stronghold in another state.
From comments in this forum, I dont think so. Thats the supposedly “educated” cosmopolitan crowd
I don’t think they are perceived as foreign
Couple of comments on this blog considered that my ancestors were collaborators for being mixed and Christian (of course when you learn English and aspire to live in the West you are a collaborator and sellout, That is for those made those comments)
Soon after the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s to clarify his citizenship, his sister and the party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday dismissed the allegations as rubbish and said her brother was an Indian who was born and brought up in India
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/india-news-rubbish-everyone-knows-rahul-an-indian-priyanka-gandhi-on-citizenship-notice-news-329555
yes I guess Rajiv never thought he would become PM
Sonia ji is frequently referred to as the “Italian nanny” by BJP supporters.
Rahul had to say he is a Brahmin who wears the caste-thread. This seemed like a concession to “soft Hindutva”.
Well, Sonia herself is Italian so I don’t know what you are on about? And BJP supporters may be brash puerile but it is the Indian voter that essentially made her queen for 10 years.
who are you? change ur pseudonym pls
he is a Brahmin, he can own it
I’m not really concerned about his personal religious views.
But the fact that he made a big deal about wearing the caste thread was a concession to “soft Hindutva”.
In his article about Zohran Mamdani, Harsh Mander asked why just as Zohran says “My mother is Hindu”, Rahul can’t say “My mother is Catholic”.
what BS is this? who says Rahul can’t say that his mother is catholic?
Sbbarkum and Kabir – if you have genuine interest in this topic:
try not projecting your own ignorant prejudices on Indian politics ( which is the most complex in the world)
If you focus on noise you will keep on making weird projections as you do.
Sonia won all her Lok Sabha elections handsomely from Rae Bareli in heart of Uttar Pradesh.
Despite her Italian heritage she is vastly more popular than Rahul or Priyanka.
As i have posted in comment above – from 1998 to 2012 odd she was was popular as Vajpayee and Advani. She was the de facto ruler of the country for 10 years.
The fall of congress party has also coincided with her failing health. Unlike her son and daughter she understood politics.
The reason Rahul went to Wayanad is
1. Kerala congress is still a force to reckon with unlike rest of country where INC has become a joke on ground.
2. Demographics of Wayanad make it easier for him
+1 yes you are right Gaurav
Indians were fine with Sonia leading India for 10 years. She was the defacto umero uno of the country for 10 years. Ofcourse she wasnt as popular as Modi but one could argue she was as popular as Vajpayee.
Its the sins they committed when in power that came in to roost in 2014 in public perception.
Anyone thinking Rahul’s Italian heritage matters either way in Indian politics doesn’t know anything about it.
Sonia’s seat was Raebareli ; heart of Uttar Pradesh which she won for 5-6 times.
Thats the seat Rahul holds at the moment.