From UPA I to UPA II, it took a loan waiving policy and announcement of some schemes to win people’s confidence. The same technique may be used by the UPA II to cling to power. After budget session scheduled to start from the later part of February more schemes for the welfare of the common masses may be announced. That had been indicated by the waiving of loans for weavers. Congress led UPA II will target the youths to emulate the record set by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru led Congress party. The party under Nehru won continuously for three terms starting from 1952 to 1962 elections. He died in 1964 and could not attempt for the straight quadruplet win. Since then no political party has been able to win continuously for three terms. This is a challenge the young leader of the Congress party Rahul Gandhi will face. Ever since he was promoted to vice President of the Congress party he has started talking like the great leader. He has said when he was General Secretary in charge of youth and NSUI his mind was preoccupied with youths only. Now he is the Vice President and he will not sideline senior leaders. A matured view. Rahul will be the next Prime Minister if Congress and its allies sweep the poll. That is a foregone conclusion, but the chinthan shivir of the party held in Rajasthan ended with his promotion to Vice President. There is a reason behind that. What is important in election is winning more seats. The rest will follow naturally. To get more, Congress party has to formulate various schemes and programmes for the youths. Wait for the budget session to start. In the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections the country will see various schemes and programmes being doled out. Congress unlike opposition parties is a responsible party therefore it shows restraint in making election related promises. Those parties, which will never grab power can make irresponsible promises for they will never get the opportunity to translate the promises into action. A political party, which never sit in treasury benches can say if they come to power at the centre all the educated youths will be given Rs 10,000 per month. Can Congress party make such false promises? The answer will be in the negative because implementation of such false claim will not be possible? But a pertinent question is being asked why common masses show propensity towards Congress party? In Manipur too in the recently held state assembly elections Manipuris voted enmasse for the Congress party. Congress party pays the thrust to image building. While the opposition indulges in squabbling over the selection of leader, Congress leaves the choice of leadership to the high command. A disciplined fighter always in the war. The plus point of the Congress party is that it has in its rank and file workers and leaders, who are hell bent to obey the command of the high command. BJP cannot project its leader. But a war is never won without having a well trained general. That is the difference between Congress party and other parties be it regional or national.
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