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Congress in disarray: Rahul Gandhi must wake up and smell the coffee

Even if the mountain seems too high to climb, lying on the floor will take Rahul Gandhi nowhere. Nor will the reported plan to boycott the upcoming state polls till EVMs are replaced by paper ballot

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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi flanked by former prime minister Manmohan Singh and party President Rahul Gandhi on her being elected as Congress Parliamentary Party leader at CPP General Body Meeting, at Parliament House in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Bharat Bhushan New Delhi
Nobel Laureate C V Raman apparently left an unfinished experiment overnight and next morning observed changes which led to the discovery of the Raman Effect. The Congress party seems to be waiting for some such fortuitous development for an uptick in its fortunes. It should remember that when someone attributed Raman’s discovery to chance, the great scientist replied, “Accidents don’t happen to fools.”

It would be exceedingly foolish for the Congress to persist in its present default mode. It must prepare for the legislative elections in three states barely four months away. Rahul Gandhi seems intent on following through what
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