Over the years Congress party has steadily declined and is close to irrelevance now. Explain with three reasons for the downfall of congress party.
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In a democratic set up nothing is permanent . Ups and downs are inbuilt in the system itself .
It goes to the credit of the Congress that they have ruled over India for most of the period , since Indipendence .
And , they have done so without creating hatred between various sections of Indians , on the basis of religion or otherwise !
Ruling the country by creating disunity and hatred between various sections of society is never good , either for the people of the country or the country itself !
Here are 5 main reasons of Congress party’s decline:
Pseudo secularism: Failed to understand the mood of the country. Country’s mood is to have passionate nationalism and people of tired of pseudo secularism (read non-Hindus appeasement).
Corruption: Failed to control Congress party leader’s corruptions. During UPA rule from 2004 to 2014, country was fed up by heap of scams - 2g, 3g, coal, chopper, CWG, cash for vote, Adarsh etc etc.
Dynasty: Failed to control the dynasty in party. Leaders selected are not based on performance but based on their dynasty. Otherwise why Rahul is selected as VP of the party, whereas there are so many good and experienced leaders in Congress. While selecting leaders congress did not consider the performance.
Policy paralysis: Failed to deal with problems proactively. Failed to take any concrete decisions. Absolutely no efforts were made to address any of the major problem like Kashmir, Ram temple, triple talaq, GST, OROP.
No agenda, no vision: Currently also (after losing power), Congress party could not come up with a clear agenda than merely opposing everything that Modi government is doing. They lack long term agenda and future vision.
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The 2014 general election dealt the Congress an electoral punch that knocked the wind out of its sails. It also threw up a leader in Narendra Modi that was reminiscent of Indira Gandhi with a larger than life image and that resulted in a tectonic shift of political equilibrium in Delhi from the middle of the centre ideological pinning of the Congress to the right wing brand of politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which rolled out a new political discourse promising to usher in a new India free from the Congress.
In the aftermath of these elections, journalistic and academic narratives focussing on the decline of the Congress party in the country’s political arena abounded and red flags were raised within the party circles to arrest its terminal downslide and save it from being marginalised. The party went into a huddle but internal dissensions and lack of visionary strategies failed to revive its electoral fortunes. It lost the state elections held in 2015-2016 in quick succession and conceded the remaining political space to the BJP which was on a roll. The recent assembly elections held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa in March were a kind of a referendum on demonetisation undertaken by Modi and a midterm appraisal of the BJP government. The issue of demonetisation created a sharp political divide and provided the Congress the much needed opportunity not only in stopping the saffron juggernaut but also in reversing its losing streak and making a political u-turn.
The electorate of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand handed the saffron party one of the biggest state election mandates in independent India. The Congress registered a consolation win in Punjab and emerged as the largest party in Manipur and Goa (in terms of seats, but lagged behind the BJP in terms of popular votes) but still lost the opportunity to form the government in the smaller states. This was largely due to poor negotiations by the party’s state interlocutors and the flip flop by its national leadership. The declining wheel turned a full circle and the Congress is in power now in only six states--- Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Mizoram and Meghalaya on its own and in Bihar as a junior partner in an alliance.