Birthday message for Rahul Gandhi
Barring some exception Rahul has not influenced any decision by his mother. He is sending out the message that "without power also, you can serve the party."
But party men are reading a different meaning in his message.
Are Sonia Gandhi and Rahul having an unending quarrel over his Spanish-speaking girlfriend?
Or, is Rahul Gandhi lacking self-confidence?
When he is seen along with sister Priyanka it is clear that he lacks her natural air and confidence.
Many party elders compare this pair of siblings with Rajiv and Sanjay. They say Rahul and Priyanka are as dissimilar as Sanjay and Rajiv were.
Priyanka reacts faster and smarter on the basic issues of Indian life. She conveys to voters that she is a born leader.
Rahul clearly lags behind his sister.
The birthday boy needs to come out of the fortified cocoon of his home on New Delhi's
Tughlak road.
Photographs: Ranjan Basu/ Saab Press
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