Dehradun, Nov. 24 -- Going by past example, it would be highly optimistic to assume that the ongoing debate within the Congress party will lead to any internal reform. That questions are even being raised is due to the recent electoral setbacks it has faced. All it needs is for small successes, such as becoming the tail in Maharashtra's ruling coalition, for the party to go into extended coma. Everybody knows what the problem is, but with enough number of high functionaries actually describing it as the 'solution', there is no headway being made in bringing matters back on track.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who rose high in the party's ranks as long ago as Indira Gandhi's time, has described the problem quite succinctly and, also, offered the way to...