Why Congress has blown away the chance 'to fight' ::::: Congress and Opposition to 'lose seats' in Phase-2 due to Sam Pitroda's statement on Inheritance Tax Act

(Rahul Gandhi has committed a blunder. His new French revolution and Robinhood style approach.... has antagnoised the Haves including a growing army of Middle Class. At the same - have-not are not much excited either.) 

 Congress has embraced Urban Naxal ideas and in the process undermined the economic journey vis-a-vis Liberalisation policy of P V Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh. 

Rahul Gandhi is talking the language of  1960s -- when Indians were generally poor and generally lower middleclass. Today except those below the poverty line and marginalised, most Indians are on upper trajectory -- especially last three decades -- that is Economic Liberalisation of 1991. 

A large number of people have benefited by economic policies being pursued since 1991 -- irrespective of the fact who ever has been the Prime Minister. Congress once benefited by 'Garibi Hatao' slogan in the 1970s. Sonia Gandhi also benefited and 'saved' Congress in 2004  its campaign line 'Aam aadmi ke Haath, Congress ke Saath'. Pitted against Congress slogan was 'India Shining' and it boomeranged on the Vaipayee government. 

But it is important to note that Sonia's election pledge of 2004 -- guided by the likes of Pranab Mukherjee - were different. There were some alternative progammes suggested and after coming to power -- we saw NREGA.  One may call it a scheme to dig holes -- but nevertheless it made a sense for a section of poor people especially in rural India. NREGA was a scheme piloted by the Rural Development Ministry.  But Rahul Gandhi is guided by a NGO-club with Jairam Ramesh as the nucleus. 

This man was Union Rural Development ministry during UPA-2 and he made a mess of things. Today, Rahul is promising something foolish and dangerous. This will discourage people from hard work and innovation. In the name of helping poor, Rahul is bent upon keeping India 'backward'. 

Is this a Beijing inspiration -- that angle should have come out by now. But the BJP and its star campaigner are too busy with Muslim angle.  To top it came Sam Pitroda's remarks and hence in the second phase of polling -- Congress has perhaps lost out some seats -- it should have won. 

If  Danish Ali loses out Amroha seat in Uttar Pradesh (that went for voting on April 26), the Congress may regret Sam's comment. Danish Ali had won the seat in 2019 on BSP ticket and this time he had shifted to Congress and he could have sprang a surprise. But this is probably not happening. 

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These will be reflected in Kerala and Karnataka polls also. Out of 14 seats BJP contested on April 26 in Karnataka, ideally the Congress could have fought 10 seats effectively. But probably yet again, this has not happened. At best the BJP seats in Karnataka may drop by 3-4 seats.  

One may hate Narendra Modi, but he has created an aspirational India. In the sixties and seventies -- it was a different story. The rivalry was to be 'envious' in negative sense and not competition. 

Today even housemaid's children in Delhi or Mumbai aspire to study science or even medical courses. Even they will not be interested in a party that is trying to play Robinhood - rob the rich or (Hindu rich) and give it away to poor -- or only the 'poor Muslims'. 

"Meri bhi ijjat hae (I also have self-respect)," is the refrain of a housemaid in Delhi -- whose monthly income is around Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 monthly.  

But Rahul is a man in a hurry. He want short cuts and the likes of Jairam Ramesh did not advise anything different.