PREMIUM

Delhi defeat exposes Congress' deeper crisis

Factionalism, weak leadership, indecision have left India’s main opposition party adrift

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Nidhi Razdan, Special to Gulf News
3 MIN READ
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
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When the campaign for Delhi elections began, few expected the Congress party to perform any miracles. But to get a third consecutive duck in the assembly polls and increase its meagre vote share by just 2 per cent, is bad even for the most ardent pragmatists in the party.

A majority of the Congress candidates in fact lost their security deposits in this election. This is the Congress that once ruled the national capital for 15 consecutive years.

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