Congress is in the dumps and trying really hard to come out of the oblivion that BJP sent it into more than a year back. However, except for stalling the Parliamentary proceedings and raking up non-issues, the party hasn’t been able to do much to revive its sagging fortunes.

In these times, yet again the only ray of light that everyone is looking at is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra!

No doubt, Rahul Gandhi has come back from his long introspective break and jumped into the thick of things, raising issues left, right and centre and trying to do everything possible to be counted as a serious politician. However, he is making all the right noises without offering solutions for any of the problems. In fact, he is not even realizing that many of the problems of today were created by his party’s government only over the years! This is one reason his respect amongst the ordinary citizens is not gaining much ground, even if his party members are trying to at least look like supporting him whole-heartedly.

This is why Priyanka is so important for the revival of the grand old party, but she is very rigid about her stand of not entering active politics. The joke doing the rounds is that she doesn’t want to take away her brother’s only source of employment. Frankly speaking, there is a lot of truth in this logic as well considering the fact that if she decided to throw her hat in the electoral politics, the party will definitely be divided in two, at least initially. One lobby will support her and another for Rahul! This division will not be good for Congress at all and might give fodder to other parties who will milk the situation to their benefit!

Secondly, she currently has her husband, Robert Vadra as a major liability in terms of land scams and corruption cases against him. It will be difficult for her to keep herself away from his wrong doings and the stains on her political journey will be too hard to be removed for any victory.

In short, even though she is the ultimate Ace who can make Congress count again, she is tied down due to the inefficiencies of her own immediate family members. The only factor that can work against her personally as of now is that no one knows her political views and vision in detail. She has been capturing the common man’s imagination purely due to her strong resemblance to her grandmother, late Mrs. Indira Gandhi and for her no-nonsense attitude visible during her electoral promotions in support of her mom, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and brother. Add on to it her gift of the gab, her ability to give right sound bites and her charisma and you have a winner on hand!

May be more than her own willingness to join politics, the atmosphere isn’t conducive enough for her to step into electoral politics. She has to enter only when she is assured of a massive victory, kind of a big bang in politics. Anything less than that will not befitting the potential Queen of Indian Politics!

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Hey! Don’t look at me as if I woke you up at 5am on a Sunday!

I know that Mr. Narendra Modi has the mandate to rule us for another four years and elections are far away, but then someone has to remove the rose-tinted glasses offered by Mr. Modi himself and look at the future realistically!

First of all, the achhe din are nowhere around the corner!

Sorry to rock your boat, but they are not coming anytime soon. All you have got and are going to get is pep-talk and nothing more. Development isn’t happening the way it should be, the government is not able to pass major bills required for businesses to look up as it doesn’t have the numbers in Parliament and prices are rising again!

In short, the frustrating days of UPA 2 are what one can expect given the way this current government is functioning.

If this goes on, by 2019 we all be screaming for a government change and a new PM!

Who can qualify?

Obviously the congress supporters will shout from the roof top to make their baba, Rahul Gandhi the PM!

However, the country knows his calibre and he doesn’t look like in the race, at least not today. May be if by some miracle he gets some brains, then I can’t say.

In such a scenario our best bet should be the current cricket team captain, MS Dhoni !

Yes I know he is not a politician, but by 2019 he would have retired from cricket and would have got time in his hands to join politics and contest an election. He started playing cricket for India and in no time was made captain based on his skills. He knows the game well and is a true leader. He has supported underdogs, spotted talent and gone against odds million times to steal victory from the jaws of failure! He is a true team player, a cool leader, takes smart decisions, and is unorthodox in approaching problems and providing unheard of, but successful solutions!

In short, all those qualities are what are required to be India’s PM!

We as a country have lot of potential, but no one is exploiting it in the right manner so that every citizen benefits and real growth happens to reduce poverty and inequality. The current government is only offering big words, bigger headlines instead of real action on the ground. Not to mention the fringe elements already working overtime to create a rift in the society on religious grounds!

And no, we don’t hear Mr. Modi rejecting such stupid statements simply because he can’t spoil his relations with RSS and VHP to stay in power!

I guess our best hope is someone like Mahi, a youngster to lead our young nation!

Enough of oldies catering to their selfish goals without giving a thought to what the nation wants!

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Let the conch-shells resound the air with their ethereal tones!

After all, India’s prodigal son, Rahul G\RaGa, Baba, Beta G, Baby Bwoy is back!

The whole nation, even the CIA, CBI, CID and all other intelligence agencies couldn’t decipher as to where our ‘Baba’ had vanished. He does not know magic but he did vanish into thin air exactly 57 days ago!

Maybe he wanted to prove that he actually ‘matters’ in Indian politics. 😛

Okay, fine! Stop smirking! Be polite! Our ‘chotu’ is finally home after an alleged trip to Thailand and Myanmar.

Well, we think the story is totally cock and bull or maybe actually true. Let’s put our imaginative caps on our hands and let’s try to zero-in on places he was actually in…

Ready? Let’s begin ACP Pradyuman style… ‘Kuchtohgadbadhai!’

We feel these are the five places he actually went to:

1.  The Sunderbans

Failure in politics and lack of administrative skills might have given a huge jolt to RaGa and he might have tried to play it Tom Hanks style getting lost in a jungle on a far-away island.

57 days is long enough to be lost at sea isn’t it?

How we wish the Royal Bengal Tigers to have played with him, but sadly we don’t see any scratches or maul marks on him. Maybe tigers do not associate with politi-shit!

2.  Thailand: For A Prospective Bride *Wink Wink*

Okay, for a second, we might actually believe he went to where the media claims he was. Why? Maybe he is tired of ‘being single’ and wants to get settled in life. After all, politics ain’t really cutting it for him is it? 😛

Maybe he went to these exotic countries to find a suitable bride for him. No Indian girl might be willing to take the plunge with Rahul G – G for Grand Train-wreck!

After all, his ‘papa ji’ Rajiv Gandhi also went to a foreign country (Italy) to find his bride, right?

Maybe he got married to an Oriental girl secretly and went for a hush-hush honeymoon? *wink* 😛

3.  May be Kedarnath?

Maybe he was hiding in India only. The foreign trip might be made up or have been taken at the last moment to give the media something credible to bitch about.

A visit to Kedarnath seems befitting, not only might he have gotten spiritual enlightenment, he also might have turned into a sadhu baba since a disguise as an ascetic was the best ploy to avoid being recognized and mobbed by the media as Rahul Gandhi – The helm of the Congress Party.

After all, failure and bad decisions in life make people head towards the Himalayas to turn into a sadhu isn’t it?

4.  Mummy KaPallu

After all, a mother’s love is supreme. For ‘Englisshhhh’ speaking people, a pallu is the throw of the saree (its loose end) . Mommy Gandhi might have just shielded her ‘baby bwoy’ from all the harsh media comments and kept him safely tucked inside her ‘pallu’.

After all this ‘mentally the sick bwoy’ needs to be under momma’s supervision. Even after all his political follies, Momma Gandhi treats her son’s errors as ‘SaatKhoonMaaf’.

5.  Italy! Miseimancatomolto! (I missed you so much!)

If reports are to be believed floated by the media, RaGa baba holds an Italian passport aka dual citizenship. So why not go to the country for a sabbatical where people actually understand his blabbering?

After all, Momma Gandhi allegedly owns a fortress in her home country, a suitable hiding place for the little bwoy from the harsh realities of life!

Jokes apart, we are glad the next generation leader of India is back! The nation missed him a lot, he has put an end to misguided speculations that he is leaving politics for good.

Okay fine, the above paragraph was a joke! Why is he back for another round of shaming? All these years wasn’t enough for you Baba G? 😛

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No political party or the media has been able to come up with the answer to the question that everyone is tired of asking, “Where is Rahul Gandhi”.

The sudden disappearance could mean two things – either he is REALLY upset about Congress’ loss to BJP in the 2014 General Elections or he is diligently planning to come back hard at the ruling party in the 2019 General Elections.

We wish to rule out the past and the present here and instead focus on the future – the future of India under Congress, once again.

What if Congress wins and Rahul Gandhi becomes India’s next Prime Minister (or let’s crank it up a notch and assume him as a dictator)? Here’s a hypothetical evaluation of how things would be different than they are now under Narendra Modi’s regime –

Italian Would Be One of the Languages Taught in School

Italian would be taught in Indian schools

Being born to an Italian mother, Rahul is assumed to have emotional attachment to the language. Why not introduce it in Indian schools? Say goodbye to French and German.

MS Word Would Have Italics by Default

MS Word would have italics font as default

All Indians, who use MS Word on regular basis, would have their text style settings as italics. Italics font is fancier than normal text; so, makes sense.

Bomber Jacket Would Become a Style Accessory

Men would rely on bomber jacket to make a style statement

Rahul Gandhi incorporated bomber jacket to his everyday style staple, which was a Rajiv Gandhi trademark. Bomber jacket definitely has to be one of the biggest ironies on part of Rajiv Gandhi.

Investment in State-Of-The-Art Technology to Eradicate “Poverty”

Poverty would be eradicated via technology

Rahul Gandhi would definitely want to eradicate poverty, which he termed as a “state of mind” drawing criticism. His investment in technology would help change people’s mindset making them feel richer every day.

A Road or an Institution Will Be Named After Sonia Gandhi, Finally

Sonia Gandhi would have something named after her

No road or institution is named after Rahul Gandhi’s mother Sonia Gandhi. Most of his other family members have that honour. Rahul will make sure his mother gets the respect she deserves.

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Team India hit a new low in Test cricket as they were drubbed 3-1 in the five-match series versus England. More importantly, the form of Indian star batsman, Virat Kohli was highly criticised by the cricket analysts and pundits alike.

The Delhi-born committed the same mistakes when at the batting crease as English pacer; James Anderson dismissed the former 4 times. But talking about Kohli’s current abysmal scenario really did remind us of a particular figure back home in India?

Leading a deputy role at a major political party, this persona is too popular but for the wrong reasons. Well by now you could have recognised who we are talking of – Rahul Gandhi, who else?

The Congress party VP shares the same similarities with our Indian run-machine and here are those 5 we handpicked just for YOU.

Check them out:

Expert in false talks –
Both men should know their expertise in giving out false statements. Prior reaching the England shores, Kohli spoke about his ‘excitement’ on to playing his cricket in England. He said, “I’ll be playing a Test at Lord’s for the first time so all in all a very exciting tour for me personally because I have never played Test cricket here before. I am really looking forward to it. I have some goals I want to achieve, and I have been thinking about them. I am pretty excited about playing here, and it is right up there with the toughest venues for subcontinent players.” Match that with Rahul, who too, was giving out some silly statements prior elections that didn’t go down well with the Indian citizens.

One is mama’s boy while the other is girlfriend’s boy –
The news of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma dating each other comes as no surprise. The couple have been spotted numerous times on away tours and clearly shows, the Indian batsman is in love these days. On the other hand, Rahul Gandhi is just the similar but here, the girlfriend is replaced with mother dearest. Everybody knows Rahul’s close knit relationship with his mom who is involved in every decision, the former takes.

Dubious vice-roles –
Both the men lead the deputy roles in their respective fields (Virat Kohli is the vice captain whereas Rahul Gandhi is the vice-president of Congress party). But that’s where the problem lies as none of the two men are able to fulfil the given roles. Virat is still clueless about his vice-captaincy and Rahul Gandhi seems to be enjoying his time dozing away in the Parliament.

Zero performance –
Based on the current performances, neither Virat Kohli nor Rahul Gandhi are able to deliver the ‘goods’. If Kohli’s ‘duck tales’ were the talk of the whole during the England tour, Rahul Gandhi’s theatrics in the Parliament session off late were dubbed as play acting by many rival politicians.

Ultimate solutions don’t work- Fairness creams and women empowerment
Finally, the two men are also unsuccessful in the motives they promote – while Virat is busy clearing dandruff and whitening the skin (which doesn’t), Rahul ‘baba’ is preaching the thoughts of women empowerment in every speech.

Sadly though, both have failed to deliver the result to the problems at hand! At the moment, both of them are at the bottom level of their popularity.

Please let us know if you find any other similarity.

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