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Is the transition of Congress leadership from Sonia Gandhi to her son akin to Mughal succession? Party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar thought so and asked, rhetorically, whether there had been an election transferring power from Jahangir to Shah Jahan and from Shah Jahan to Aurangzeb. The Congress was like the great Mughals, and rule would be passed on automatically to the heir, he implied.
The prime minister, who we must concede is one of the best speakers in politics anywhere in the world, pounced on this and warned against ‘Aurangzeb raj’, which apparently Rahul Gandhi will usher.
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