Letters to The Editor — December 30, 2025

The Congress, path ahead

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s sudden but indirect dig at the Congress culture of adhering to one upmanship or bowing to the diktats of a family can only be taken with a pinch of salt (Inside pages, December 29). Top Congressmen, and this includes Mr. Digvijay Singh, have all along been content with paying obeisance to one family. It paid them dividends in the form of influential posts in the organisation and at the governmental level. Congressmen at the grass-root levels have been made to believe, erroneously, that being subservient to one family is the only way to survive. The sudden rethink about the party’s path is because the results of many an election are not favourable to the party. Another senior Congressman, Shashi Tharoor, has already taken the lead in expressing his views in a discreet manner. The Congress is now caught in its own web largely because of its own actions. It will take ages for Congressmen to extricate themselves from this rot and transform the party into one that is run in a truly democratic manner.

V. Subramanian,

Chennai

Ironically, the issues raised by both leaders — which is to strengthen the Congress’s grass-root level organisation — seems to have fallen in deaf ears. The Gandhi family, especially Rahul Gandhi, has time and again failed to win election after elections . Mr. Gandhi’s undignified and personal attacks on the Prime Minister have also backfired. It is time senior members of the Congress Party take the front seat, ensure that the voices of the grass-root workers are heard, and plan realistic strategies to win elections.

N. Mahadevan,

Chennai

The messaging

The Prime Minister attending Christmas service at a church in Delhi, but maintaining a stony silence amid concerns over attacks targeting churches and prayer meets exposes the dichotomy and duplicity of the BJP leadership. Mere lip service, photo ops and decorous solemnity at religious ceremonies are nothing but appeasement politics. The deadly cocktail of mixing religion and politics has seen unrest and violence in our neighbouring countries. It is prudent we learn from their mistakes and make necessary corrections.

Dr. Biju C. Mathew,

Thiruvananthapuram