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Loyal Congress chief minister-in-waiting

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Business Standard New Delhi
Sheila Dikshit is nearly 80. Is she the right person to become chief minister of Uttar Pradesh? Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said at a rally in Lucknow: "People of Delhi ask: what did we do wrong? When Sheilaji was in place, it looked as if the government was functioning. Now all you see is drama and MLAs going to jail."

Guess what he said next? "As chief minister Sheilaji transformed Delhi. She represents the thinking of the Congress. Her heart is with the Congress. That is why she has been sent here." Is that why when she won Delhi for the second time in a row Dikshit was kept waiting for over 10 days before the party high command named her CM?
 

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First Published: Jul 30 2016 | 9:40 PM IST

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