Screenwriter Decodes Congress Losses with Advice for Rahul

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‘We are tired, quite frankly, of you and the whole Congress’

By Raisina Correspondent

New Delhi, November 23: The Congress euphoria with gains in the Lok Sabha is now turning into deepening despair. The Congress stock in Maharashtra came crashing to just 16 Assembly seat in a house of 288.

In percentage term, the Congress could win just about six per cent of the Assembly seats in Maharashtra. A month ago, the Congress narrowly lost the Haryana Assembly elections to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The Congress poll performance in Jammu and Kashmir had been an embarrassment for the outfit. The Congress stayed away from the Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir despite the pre-poll alliance winning the elections.

Screenwriter Darab Farooqui in a long post on X diagnosed the ills afflicting the electoral fortunes of the Congress after the Lok Sabha elections. “Nobody will explain you why you have been losing major elections since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, in which you and the India alliance performed admirably. So, I’ll tell you some painful realities, because maybe it’s time someone stated them to you plainly and simply,” said Farooqui.

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He told Rahul Gandhi that “during the Lok Sabha elections, you inspired thousands of educated and secular Indians, from India’s civil society. These thousands of warriors fought for you, devoting time every day to confront Sanghis, support your social media campaign, but above all, they created a macro narrative.”

“These folks are the reason you performed so well in the Lok Sabha elections. The majority of them are no longer actively fighting for you,” added Farooqui.

The screenwriter further stated that “we are tired, quite frankly, of you and the whole Congress”. “Congress is an opaque body that specializes at taking people for granted. When they will see that you pander to soft Hindutva, they see you do not stand hard for secularism in action, and are not interested in establishing a progressive ecosystem. They get disillusioned,” added Farooqui.

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He stated that “right now, they have lost faith in you and Congress”. You will lose future elections because your congress team has no clue how to build a macro narrative; they are primarily privileged old school thinkers who are incapable of thinking on their feet or creatively telling stories,” said Farooqui.

He stressed that “elections are always about an emotive issue, and you have no idea what they are. That’s why you and your team still believe corruption, joblessness and price rise are election issues.”

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Farooqui also counselled leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, saying: “If you fail to create a progressive ecosystem of India’s civil society voices, you will never win another election.” “You had that ecosystem for a short time, but you’ve lost it now. They will not fight for you until you fight for their ideology. And their ideology is simply — The Idea of India,” added Farooqui.

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