CAPITAL DIARY Resurrected Congress will have to make a visible impact in the state

Maharashtra chief minister is a mirage

Malvika Singh
Posted: Saturday, Oct 23, 2004 at 0000 hrs IST
Updated: Saturday, Oct 23, 2004 at 0000 hrs IST

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: will be 24 months down the road. This time, Sonia Gandhi, who was politically savvy in handing the CMs chair after the Kashmir elections to Mufti Moha-mmed, is being as savvy demanding her pound of flesh in Maharashtra, by offering the chair to Sharad Pawar with Shinde as the next choice. And, boy, she is far more savvy than George Fernandes, addressing real issues rather than petty nonsense.

• Congress will have to restructure its workforce in Maharashtra
• In five years, a working delivery system should be in place

Having said this, the partially resurrected Congress has to make a visible and tangible impact in Maharashtra if it is to keep the Mayawati factor away and dilute it before the next elections, five years down the line. This is their last chance to revive themselves in the hinterland before the space is usurped by the BSP. Here is where the restructuring of the workforce of the Congress is of huge import. And this is the time to conduct a vigorous enrolment drive.

In five years, the other side of the coin should have a working delivery system. That is the real challenge confronting...

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