Letters: Fair assessment

Congress has to start from scratch and rebuild itself if it has to compete with the BJP

Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh spoke his mind when he said the party was facing an existential crisis. While his comment does not point to a new development — the party has been in crisis since losing the 2014 Lok Sabha polls to the Bharatiya Janata Party — the important thing is that this bold yet fair statement comes from someone of the stature of Ramesh. He is among the few illustrious ministers in the party, who handled important portfolios like commerce and industries, power and rural development and environment among others.
 
Ramesh candidly said