Final Up to date:October 25, 2025, 22:24 IST
The Congress on Friday selected to watch the twenty fifth demise anniversary of the OBC chief and its former president, a difficulty the BJP has latched on to
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to former get together president Sitaram Kesri on his twenty fifth demise anniversary. Picture/X
The white two-storyed Kesari Bhawan stands out within the hustle and bustle of the dense market in Danapur, only a few kilometres away from Bihar’s capital Patna. An enormous lock and chain greet us. However the home is locked with reminiscences, which have been introduced again into the highlight by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and with Rahul Gandhi’s sudden go to to the Congress workplace in Delhi to pay tribute to the person who was ousted to make manner for Sonia Gandhi as get together president.
Sitting at an adjoining grocery retailer is Sachin Kesri, who’s the grandnephew of Sitaram Kesri. “The PM has many times remembered Sitaram Ji, but in the last 20 years, no one from Congress bothered. But suddenly, Rahul Gandhi went to pay tribute. This has got to do with elections, I guess. But the people of Danapur won’t forget how Kesri Ji, an OBC leader, was treated.”
(From prime) Santosh Kesri and Sachin Kesri. Pics/News18
The parting of Sitaram Kesri from his get together was bitter. In 1998, a powerful pitch was made to debut Sonia Gandhi into lively politics. Kesri was voted out on the grounds of non-performance and the defeat of the Congress within the 1998 elections. However the irony is that Sonia Gandhi, who too had campaigned for the 1998 elections, was not held accountable for the efficiency of the get together. It was clear that the choice was made to take away Kesri to accommodate Sonia Gandhi. Get together insiders say that Kesri resisted his removing and tried to whip up a revolt in opposition to seniors and Sonia Gandhi. There are stories of Kesri having been locked up within the rest room of the AICC headquarters in Delhi.
For the BJP, this incident is etched in political reminiscence. For the get together and the PM, that is an instance of how the Congress bends over backwards to accommodate the Nehru-Gandhi household. Actually, like with PV Narasimha Rao, the Congress leaders maintained a distance from Kesri’s relations. The one time they keep in mind him is when there are political causes to take action. Like, forward of Andhra Pradesh polls, Narasimha Rao’s household was reached out to. Equally, the sudden go to of Rahul Gandhi to pay tribute to Kesri too is mired within the political state of affairs of Bihar.
Sitaram Kesri belongs to the OBC neighborhood, a vote financial institution Rahul Gandhi is attempting to woo. And in a state like Bihar, the place the OBCs matter by way of a vote financial institution, the forgetting of Sitaram Kesri and the way in which he was eliminated as Congress president is being utilized by the BJP to make the purpose that anybody who doesn’t belong to the Nehru-Gandhi household is ill-treated. And Rahul Gandhi’s phrases of defending the backwards are merely lip service as they confirmed disrespect in the direction of an OBC chief in their very own get together. The person whose title has light within the Congress biography.
Pallavi Ghosh
Pallavi Ghosh has lined politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als…Learn Extra
Pallavi Ghosh has lined politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als… Learn Extra
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