Characters and stories of politics- 27: When Rahul became Congress-Vice President, Sonia started crying in the room, Scindia had said – the country wants Rahul

Rahul Gandhi is currently in discussion for two reasons. First, the ED is questioning him in the National Herald case. Second, June 19 is his birthday. We will know some lesser-known stories related to Rahul Gandhi regarding the second reason. There is one such story when he became the Vice President of the Congress Party and his mother cried, “Power is poison.”

Today, in the series of politics, characters and stories, there will be two things about Rahul Gandhi. The first to become the Vice President and the second to his press conference, after which the situation reversed.

to be the first vice president

Rahul Gandhi became leader number two in 2013
Congress’s Chintan Shivir was organized in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 19 January 2013. On the first day of the two-day event, AK Antony stood up and said, “I want to make a motion. When everyone agreed, then Congress’s media in-charge Janardan Dwivedi started reading that proposal. It read, “Keeping in view the aspirations of the people, Rahul Gandhi should be made the Vice President of the party.”

After being the General Secretary of Congress for 6 years, Rahul Gandhi was made the Vice President in 2013.

The party leaders sitting in front agreed by thumping the table. Sonia Gandhi agreed. Rahul smiled. The then PM Manmohan Singh got up and congratulated Rahul by giving him a bouquet. In this way, Rahul emerged from among the 10 general secretaries of the Congress and became the vice-president.

Jyotiraditya had said – this step was necessary for the youth
After the announcement of Rahul being made the vice-president, the workers started shouting slogans. “What should be the leader of the country, be like Rahul Gandhi. Our leader is Rahul Gandhi.” At that time youth Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia went among the people and said, “Rahul Gandhi had been taking big decisions earlier also. The participation of 60% youth in the camp is also the result of him. This is what the country wants.” After this he also raised slogans of Rahul Gandhi Zindabad. However, Scindia later switched to BJP.

Sonia Gandhi reached Rahul crying at night
Rahul Gandhi stood up to speak on the stage. Tears welled up in the eyes of his mother Sonia Gandhi, who was sitting in front. Rahul said, “Last night my mother came to my room. She sat down and started crying. She cried because the power that many people aspire to be is poison.”

After Rahul Gandhi was made the vice-president in 2013, it was said that he would be a contender for the post of PM in 2014.

Rahul further said, “I woke up today at 4 am. It was dark outside and cold too. Went to the balcony and thought that I now have a big responsibility on my shoulders. I will no longer say what people want to hear. Now I am that.” I will say what I feel. The power of power has both good and bad effects. We don’t have to listen to the bad. The good has to be with us.”

Fotedar wrote that Rahul has no motivation to become a leader
When Rahul became the vice-president, his stature in politics started being assessed. Congress family loyalist Makhan Lal Fotedar wrote in ‘The Chinar Lives’, Rahul Gandhi doesn’t seem to have any motivation to become a leader. Sonia Gandhi wants to take them forward without any preparation. Because of this trouble has started in the party.

Congress leader Natwar Lal in his autobiography called Sonia Gandhi a tough woman. criticized him. Did not make harsh remarks about Rahul Gandhi. Natwar Lal wrote, Rahul Gandhi is certainly not a great leader but he is a good person.

Natwar Singh used to criticize Sonia saying that she sidelined Natwar from the party.

We even talked about Rahul Gandhi going to the post of Vice President. Now the question is, is Rahul really a weak leader? Let’s talk about a press conference about this.

On 16 July 2021, Rahul Gandhi was addressing the people of Congress’s social media cell. His attitude had changed. He said, “Those who are feeling fear in Congress can leave the party. There are many people who are fearless but not in Congress, they should come. We don’t need people who believe in the ideology and thinking of RSS. We need fearless people. This is our ideology.”

As if Rahul Gandhi had said these things by targeting the leaders of the party itself. Many of its effects were visible in the next few days only.

On this change, journalist Rashid Kidwai says that Rahul is trying to change the party. In the party, people know from where the decision is being taken while there is no president. There are more number of two types of leaders in Congress, one is those who cry for loyalty, they are not very successful in politics. Others who do a lot of work on the land but they are not getting the post.

Senior journalist Smita Gupta writes about Rahul, Rahul wants change in the party. Seniors want to bring in new people by ousting the leaders. We can call the rest of Rahul as Idealistic but Ideologically not so clear.

Rashid Kidwai says that Rahul has come this far from the midst of challenges.

When a crown prince enters politics, the party must be in power.
Rashid Kidwai says that when someone comes out of the role of Yuvraj and takes over the post of the party, then it is necessary for his party to be in power. Indira Gandhi was in power when Sanjay Gandhi was given the post. She was in power even during Rajiv’s time. Such was not the situation during Rahul’s time. Rahul has come this far after coming out of the midst of challenges.