Letters: A golden chance

Apropos the news item, "Opposition to strategise on Parliament session at Sonia's Iftar on July 13" (July 12), the monsoon session of Parliament is the first time that the opposition Congress will have a golden opportunity against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister last year. All eyes will be on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, supposedly reformed after a month-long sabbatical. Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Digvijaya Singh have already launched scathing attacks on the BJP on the Lalit Modi row and the Vyapam scam. The Prime Minister is still silent on the question of corruption and seems unable to take stern steps against his party leaders.

This is the time for the Congress to regain political ground. But if party president Sonia Gandhi relies on the regional parties to consolidate the attack on the BJP, she may be disappointed. She should know from experience that most regional party leaders are like chameleons. The BJP is also trying to woo the supremos of the regional parties. For example, it has shifted focus from the 2016 assembly elections in West Bengal to strengthen its new-found bonhomie with the Trinamool Congress.

Buddhadev Nandi Bishnupur

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