Congress trapped in the web of sycophants | How does Rahul's opposition to Modi turn into opposition to India?
Indian delegation led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is on a visit to America, Panama, Colombia, Brazil and Guyana. After achieving the success of Operation Sindoor, the Indian government has sent seven delegations to its strategic partners and member countries of the United Nations Security Council, whose purpose is to tell about the crop of terrorism being grown by Pakistan in its country and to request them to oppose any anti-India proposal brought by Pakistan in the United Nations Security Council because Pakistan is currently a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council.
Shashi Tharoor's visit to America is important in the sense that he exposed Donald Trump's claim in which he took the credit for bringing about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Tharoor presented India's side so strongly that the whole country felt proud but his sharp and effective style did not go down well with his own party Congress. The party spokespersons attacked him strongly and even called him Modi's sycophant. Naturally, this has been done on the instructions of the party high command. Congress had not nominated Shashi Tharoor for the all-party delegation, but the government made him the leader of the delegation in view of Tharoor's experience in the United Nations and his understanding of international policies. Despite the reluctance of the Congress high command, Shashi Tharoor accepted to be the leader of the delegation and gave the country the full benefit of his experience and knowledge.
Congress has objections to the presentation given by Shashi Tharoor in Washington and Panama, because he said that in the Uri surgical strike under the Modi government, for the first time the Indian Army crossed the Line of Control and destroyed terrorist bases and launch pads in Pakistan. Tharoor said that even during the Kargil war, the Indian Army did not cross the Line of Control but did so after the Uri attack. When the terrorist attack took place in Pulwama, the Indian Army, crossing not only the Line of Control, but also the international border, entered Pakistan and destroyed the headquarters of terrorists in Balakot. He further said that Operation Sindoor was a new normal of India. This time we not only went beyond the Line of Control and International Border, but we also attacked and destroyed terror camps, training centres, terror headquarters at nine places in Punjab the heartland of Pakistan, and illegally occupied Kashmir by Pakistan. This is going to be the new normal. The Prime Minister has made it clear that Operation Sindoor was necessary because terrorists from Pakistan had wiped off the sindoor from the foreheads of 26 Hindu women.
If we try to describe all the incidents of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism that have taken place in India, many books will be written but it is not possible to forget some incidents. Among them is the Mumbai attack on 26 November 2008 in which more than 171 people were killed and more than 300 were injured. Congress tried to make it saffron terrorism but did not take any action against Pakistan. During the 10-year tenure of the UPA government, Pakistani terrorists roamed around India and carried out attacks, but the government did not take any action against Pakistan. Now Congress says that surgical strikes have been happening even before Modi government and 6 surgical strikes were done during Manmohan Singh's tenure too, but Congress never tried to take political advantage of them. It is also a fact that at least Indian Army does not have the record of surgical strikes done during Congress rule. Five big Pakistan sponsored terrorist attacks have happened during Modi's tenure too. These include attacks on Uri, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Pulwama and Amarnath pilgrims apart from Pahalgam. But to teach Pakistan a lesson, Modi government had done two surgical strikes even before Operation Sindoor.
It seems that Congress is very nervous about the success of Operation Sindoor and it has started feeling that its political existence is in danger. After Uri and Balakot surgical strikes, Congress had tried to create confusion among the public by demanding proof from Modi government so that BJP does not get political advantage of it. But Modi had done tremendous preparations for Operation Sindoor. He had already announced that he will take action. The entire operation was being video graphed live and Modi himself was watching its live coverage sitting with military officials in the war room. This time Congress does not even have the option of asking for proof. The whole world is surprised to see the videos and photos released by the Indian Army. Such a precise attack was made, and the Pakistani air defense system did not even get a clue. Pakistan came to know about it only when Operation Sindoor was completed. The Pakistani army later fired shells and drone attacks on civilian targets in India. Indian forces gave a befitting reply and destroyed many military airstrips of Pakistan, including important airbases like Sargodha and Noor Khan, which Pakistan had built with the aim of launching a nuclear attack on India. Pakistan's nuclear bases in Kirana Hills near these air bases also shook with the missile blasts and information of radiation leakage from them reached America. Panicked Pakistan appealed to India for a ceasefire, which India also accepted because the purpose of Operation Sindoor was to stop terrorists and terrorists. The bases of their masters had to be destroyed, which was largely accomplished. Most importantly, India did not want to be accused of attacking Pakistan's nuclear plants under any circumstances.
As far as Shashi Tharoor is concerned, he has been ignored in the Congress for a long time and such circumstances are being created that he leaves the Congress on his own. After his rise in the party, Rahul Gandhi himself has become a benchmark of merit and scholarship. A popular, influential, skilled and learned person can become a threat to Rahul's leadership, so such a person is sidelined in the party. He is encouraged to agree with Rahul Gandhi and if he does not do so, he is humiliated and forced to leave the party. There are not just one but many such examples.
After the shameful defeat in 2014, the Congress had only 44 seats, which was less than the number required for the Leader of the Opposition. Then ignoring Tharoor's merit, Mallikarjun Kharge was made the leader in the Lok Sabha. Even in 2019, the Congress could not muster enough numbers to form the opposition. Even after Tharoor was elected for the fourth time, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary was made the leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha. Both these leaders are nowhere in comparison to Tharoor. If Tharoor had been given a chance, the party could have presented its side in the Lok Sabha in a better way. Shashi Tharoor was also a candidate for the post of party president, but the Gandhi family bet on Mallikarjun Kharge. These events and circumstances underline the insignificance of Shashi Tharoor in the party and also the direction and condition of the party.
Due to lack of importance of merit in the Congress Party, self-respecting leaders have left the party. Now most of the people left in the party are sycophants of the Gandhi family and are completely dependent on the Gandhis for their existence. The intellectual group is no longer left in the party, and the sycophants have no power. That is why Rahul Gandhi and other leaders are making baseless statements due to which the condition of the Congress is becoming ridiculous day by day. Amidst the baseless rhetoric, Shashi Tharoor has established himself as an effective leader in the country and abroad by his presentation as the leader of the all-party delegation. Therefore, it is unlikely that the labyrinth of Congress sycophants will be able to do any harm to him, Modi or the country.
~~~~~ Shiv Mishra~~~~~~~~~
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