Without experience Nehru did a lot better than the present lot.

Couple of days ago, the Congress, theoretically India's largest party, became 131 years old, having been founded in 1885. However, the Congress is not the party it was. It was trounced in the Lok Sabha elections last year, which saw its share of seats cut from 206 in 2009 to a paltry 44, and was denied official leader of the opposition status. It is in power in only 8 states out of 29 and in 2 others, namely Bihar and Kerala, it is part of the ruling coalition. Perhaps, to illustrate the sickness inside the party an article, criticising Nehru and Sonia Gandhi, appeared in Congress Darshan, which is a Congress mouthpiece published from Mumbai. The article, written anonymously, mentions details of Sonia Gandhi's life and that her father was a fascist, which he was. It claims that Jawaharlal Nehru made a mess of foreign policy by not listening to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was Home Minister at the time. We would add other charges such as, not using air power against China in 1962, accepting China's claim over Tibet, probably refusing a seat at the UN Security Council, following a communist model of command economy, which has made India one of the most corrupt countries in the world and not making education free and compulsory, like in the west. The most confusing is the complete capitulation to Pakistan since independence. Every time our brave soldiers have sacrificed their lives to win against Pakistan our politicians have signed away all the gains without anything in return. If Lal Bahadur Shastri's death was not natural who signed the treaty with Pakistan in Tashkent? These are not fantasies or conspiracy theories but questions of enormous importance for national security. Did Nehru sign a deal with Britain to let Pakistan do what it wants in return for becoming the Prime Minister? Did Gandhi know or, even suggest, such perfidy? Whatever Nehru did we must remember that no one in India had any idea of governance after 600 years of depredation under Mogul and British conquerors. Most countries could not make a successful transition to democracy after independence from colonial rule. Pakistan is a failed state under army rule and the first President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was gunned down, along with his family. That has to be the greatest achievement of Nehru: That he kept the army under civilian control, that he stood for elections every 5 years and that he established centers of excellence, such as the IITs and AIIMS. Compared to that the present Congress is clinging on to The Family for some reflected glory, which has dimmed considerably. " The party is so huge that it needs to have some ideology which is not present - instead the focus is on just one family," said a professor. Exactly. A party which claims to be liberal, secular and socialist, which means everything to everyone, without any reason for existence except to grab power by any means possible. The great socialist, Rahul Gandhi has just gone to Europe for a holiday. He tweeted us a Happy New Year. How twit!