In need of an overhaul

Congress indulged in disruptive tactics to inspire confidence among dispirited its cadres

With reference to the editorial, “A rudderless Opposition” (July 6), the 2014 Lok Sabha elections brought the Congress to the nadir of its influence in national politics; the party has since been in bewilderment about how to recover, revive and reorganise its forces, ideas and energies.

The Congress indulged in several disruptive tactics in Parliament to inspire confidence among its dispirited cadres and resolve its existential crisis. It held key legislation hostage to obstructionist politics and tried to harvest political capital by playing victim at the hands of the ruling dispensation. 

The formation of ragtag coalitions in states was a mere exercise