Rahul Gandhi and L K Advani : Youth versus experience
Important voices are being raised in favour of Rahul Gandhi as India’s next prime minister, as the ruling party looks to its family dynasty to fill a leadership vacuum as a general election approaches.
Close on the heels of Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel’s vote for Rahul Gandhi as the United Progressive Alliance’s prime minister-in-waiting came a resounding endorsement from senior Congress leader and human resource development minister Arjun Singh on Monday.l
“Why not?’’ he shot back in response to a query from the media. “He [Rahul] has all the qualities of his father [Rajiv Gandhi]. He is making sincere efforts to acquire all the information and knowledge that is required [for the top job].’’
The sudden clamour for Rahul Gandhi as the UPA’s prime ministerial candidate has caught Congress circles by surprise. A soft launch for the scion of the first family of Indian politics looks in danger of turning into a full-throated campaign to push him into a leadership role in the next general elections and pit him against the BJP’s PM-in-waiting,
L K Advani. A 39-year old versus an 81-year old. Youth versus experience.
Yet another senior Congress minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday came out in support of Rahul Gandhi being made the prime ministerial candidate in the next elections.
“Arjun Singh has done nothing wrong in suggesting that Rahul Gandhi be made the prime ministerial candidate,” External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here.
“Always the leadership goes to the youth. It is a universal truth,” he said when asked about Singh’s comments on projecting Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial face, an idea that drew immediate support from ally and chief minister M Karunanidhi.
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