Generally, political leaders criticize their party leadership before or after leaving the party, but Congress leaders criticize their own leadership even while continuing in the party. Some small and big leaders of the party from all over the country start demanding their party president Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President to step down from their posts owing moral responsibility for the defeat in the general elections. But, somehow they were silenced. However, now and then some senior leaders of the party are pointing their fingers at them. Hence, the opinions expressed by them about their leadership are considered to be genuine and worth thinking.

Senior Congress leader ML Fotedhar penned a book ‘The Chinar Leaves’ in which he opined Rahul Gandhi lacks leadership qualities and thus he is not fit for party president post or prime minister posts.

Fotedhar writes in his book, “Sonia Gandhi is not realizing or do not want realize that many leaders of the party are not accepting her son Rahul Gandhi as party president. It is to be understood that they are opposing Sonia Gandhi’s plans to install her son in her chair. But, he lacks essential qualities to claim the chair. People of the country are also not ready to accept Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister of the country because for the same reasons.”

Fotedhar writes, “The way late Rajeev Gandhi enters into active politics without any interest, Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi also comes into active politics similarly. However, Sonia Gandhi has proved her mettle but not Rahul Gandhi. He is still depending on his mother, sister and senior leaders. Actually, late Indira Gandhi said that Priyanka Gandhi got all those leadership qualities to lead the party and the country.”

“I think party also lacks clarity about its activities and future. It forgot or neglecting to learn about the changing trends in the country politics. I believe Sonia Gandhi alone has the ability to bring the lost glory of the party, but she has to give it a fresh-look. I know my views may hurt Sonia Gandhi very much, but the truth is truth and it is very bitter to digest.”