The ruling party’s daily target doesn’t change: it’s ready, aim and fire at the Gandhi family. As far as elections are concerned, in the BJP vs Gandhis contest, its game set and match BJP, right? No less a personage than BJP President J P Nadda recently questioned Rahul Gandhi’s lack of attendance in parliamentary standing committees. Sonia Gandhi, the once redoubtable Congress chief who defeated the BJP twice, is a shadow of her past self, struggling with health concerns and only an interim Congress president. But the truth is, as much as the Congress needs the Gandhis to fade away, the BJP needs them to endure.

Source: Economic Times July 12, 2020 05:31 UTC