Some Congressmen have even made hay while the sun shone down on them on voting day – one of those rare occasions, of late, where a Congress victory is a certainty – by saying that it is only their party and their party alone that can elect its party president, thereby showing true democratic credentials. It would be impolite to break this reverie of theirs especially on a pleasant, sunny day.
There are two contenders – after the earth mysteriously opened and gobbled up Ashok Gehlot from the fray – a man who knows his split infinitives in the English language and is a Sonia Gandhi loyalist; and another man with a long experience in hard-nosed ground-level politics and is a Sonia Gandhi loyalist. It’s fair to say, may the best loyalist win.