Rahul's soft hindutva-soft nationalism approach disastrous for Congress

Rahul Gandhi is fighting BJP's hard Hindutva with soft Hinduism. But fighting hard nationalism with soft nationalism will be disastrous

He had to seek Lord Shiva’s good offices, but Rahul Gandhi has succeeded in getting the BJP into a tizzy. The sensible BJP response to his Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage could have been: What a great idea, sir-ji. May Bhole Baba give you some good sense and hope you pray for your rivals too! It would have closed the issue. A chilled-out God like Shiva would have likely appreciated it.

On the contrary, the BJP, which outnumbers the Congress six to one in Lok Sabha, is desperately fact-checking not only the pictures from his pilgrimage but also questioning whether he is