The Chosen one?

Though anything written on U.P. elections without mentioning the castes equations is naive but for some time lets focus on a type of earthquake Delhi facing today which has its epicenter in Lucknow. What was at the stake for Congress? Virtually everything. The son who was seen as a future Prime Minister of India may be from the days when he was learning what 'Prime Minister' means. After some gain to Congress in LS elections in UP there was a halla for the young congress under the charismatic leader. Rahul Gandhi thought his time has come . It would not be difficult for him to get on the chair . He made his aim but Is he a leader? Will he ever be? He

He was projected as the leader of the party , a party having 125 years of existence. Prime Minister's chair just a matter of time for him. But there was just one problem: one has to have some minimum basic traits of a leader. Some gains to the party in LS election in UP and Rahul Gandhi thought he owns everything. If he could just follow each and every step what the elders of the party instruct him he will one day be there at the top. But that is not what a leader does...Actually quite the opposite. He claimed to represent the face of today's politics but could not muster the strength of giving an interview ever. It is difficult to understand a politician who is afraid of facing media. What could a journalist ask? When the mood of the country was rebellious for an anti-corruption law, with millions on the streets of Delhi and Mumbai he hid himself behind those elders agains. He could not face the camera , he could not just say that he wants a strong bill too. He roamed around UP claiming to be a mesiah of farmers and dalits, campaigned fiercely holding around 200 rallies during elections, but when people expected for new energy in politics from him he only gave them the same old caste and communal equations. While on the other hand another son was rising, who told the elders to stay behind. He kept his focus on changing the face of his party. While Rahul boasted off his education and "Foreign degrees" even in election rallies attended by the most downtrodden, Akhilesh, a btech from Mysore university having a masters from Australia was seen by the people around him as one of his own , knowing the politics and problems of the soil he was born. While the last manifesto of Samajwadi Party talked about banning computers and english language , he entered and promised to give laptops to people. When the party remained silent about the charges of gundaraj he told he would not tolerate anyone going against law "including SP members" (thus accepting what was the truth). When he kept his party away from people like DP Yadav Rahul Gandhi was standing behind the likes of Digvijay Singh. When "the face of youth" was venting anger against every one, tearing other partys' manifestos, this son on the other hand kept calm and composure on his face. He talked about development, he talked about progress. I know it would take a long time before UP can change but I have to say there is some hope again. Will this hope be squashed like every other time , only the time can tell.

A leader is one who takes the blame of failure and credits the success to his followers but in this case it turned out quite opposite. Just when the exit polls are announced he sent the sychophants crawling, who ended up saying things like "Rahul Gandhi is our national leader , he was in UP just for campaigning" ; "If Congress fails in UP it will be because of the workers but if we succeed it will be because of Rahul Gandhi" !!! His party may say anything now but the partners like NCP has already said any loss on UP will be blamed on Rahul Gandhi.

The other question media channels are putting is also relevant. How long will Congress survive on absence of sanity and unity in opposition at the center. With an adventurous TMC leader and a possible removal of support from SP , BSP there are good chances now for an election before 2014.Can Congress make the blunder of putting The Son as their PM candidate?