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What does Rahul want?

What politicians seek is power, which Rahul Gandhi once described contemptuously as poison. If he has changed his mind, his party doesn't know. If he hasn't, they'll ask why this boondoggle then?

Illustration: Binay Sinha
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Illustration: Binay Sinha

Shekhar Gupta
Has Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, entering Delhi now after 107 days, bombed as a political move? Or has it made the intended impact for his party? With this Lal Singh Chaddha-esque (sorry, Forrest Gump) campaign, has Gandhi redeemed himself as a mass leader, or only reaffirmed that he’s the ‘Pappu’ his detractors view him as? And lastly, where do he and his party go after this ends in Srinagar 43 days from now?

In our search for answers, we stay with our favourite three-question rule. First, does the Congress party matter? Second, what do Congress people want? And finally,
Disclaimer: These are personal views of the writer. They do not necessarily reflect the opinion of www.business-standard.com or the Business Standard newspaper

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