Political tact doesn't always rest on conscience. Politics is a brutal game. No party understands this better than the Congress, India's grand old party. Every single political party in India emerged at its expense.
That's what fate ordained for a party which in a sense inherited India after leading the freedom movement.
The party system in India has evolved by cutting Congress's limbs and feeding off its blood. Such stalwarts as Jayaprakash Narayan, J.B. Kriplani, Acharya Narendra Dev, Ram Manohar Lohia, Ashoka Mehta and many others opposed Jawaharlal Nehru when he was engaged in the task of nation-building. Indira Gandhi, too, fought her most valiant battles against entrenched Congress factions opposed to her.
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