The story does not begin in 2025. It begins with a dynasty, and a pattern of alignment whose implications, read across time, are rather more troubling than any single episode allows.
This rhetoric against a major development project, and a strategically critical project from the LoP is highly problematic and harmful for Indian interests. First let us see why this project is crucial for India.
India has recently moved closer to milestones of national importance. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam is one such milestone. For PM Modi, it is a civilisational commitment.
Congress, led by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, has been targeting Narendra Modi for the last quarter of a century. Personal attacks, false allegations have been launched against Modi by the Congress party under the leadership of the mother-son duo.
India has sufficient petroleum reserves to guide the country through these turbulent times so even if it couldn’t import even an ounce of oil, Indians will be protected. However, Congress has nothing to do with the reality.
When viewed over seven decades, the Congress story after 1947 is not primarily about electoral defeat or ideological displacement. It is about organisational inability to retain leadership, accommodate internal plurality, and sustain governance over time.