India, April 12 -- The Congress appears to be directionless as was evident from the one-day session held in Ahmedabad recently. Its leaders keep on repeating themselves with no marked improvement in its prospects and refuse to learn from their previous mistakes.

Rabindranath Tagore's famous lines seem most applicable. "The song I came to sing remains unsung because I have spent all the time in stringing and unstringing my instruments." This is true of the grand old party where in every conclave certain announcements and declarations are made which remain unimplemented afterwards.

The plight of the Congress, which has ruled for over 50 years since Independence, is most pathetic. The high command is oblivious of the ground realities and t...