DIGVIJAY'S WINGS CLIPPED

Digvijay Singh has been stripped of his post of general secretary of Goa and poll bound Karnatka. The move is seen as a punitive and corrective action on part of the Congress party set its house in order prior to the 2018 Karnataka hustings. 

It is also seen as a reprimand to the  Dijvijay Singh under whose helms the party was unable to form the government in Goa despite becoming the largest party.

There was much hue and cry when party lagged behind the pro active BJP  in taking initiative to form the government in Goa. It also became a butt of jokes of BJP on this count. 

With Congress political fortunes fast dwindling the party high command is unwilling to take any chances in the forthcoming polls. It wants to be seen as a strong, decisive party and hence the imperative to make correct moves. 

It also desperatively needs to win and thus sacrificing the old guard Digvijay was a decision that the High Command was wont to take. The action has come in rather belatedly, but better late than never.

Clipping the wings of a senior leader like Digvijay Singh is also a sign of climatic change within the party. Actions are now started to be taken against senior leaders which doesn’t bode good for entrenched party functionaries. Though it is a fairly good signs for the party and its fortunes.

 A decisive Sonia and Rahul is needed to change the prospects of the party for the better. Digvijay shouldn’t be the full stop but rather the comma in the ongoing internal narrative of the party.