Digvijay is not Congress; Congress leaders are not Congress; then who represents Congress? convicted Rahul Gandhi?

Congress membership, Lok Sabha seats, and assembly seats are declining not just because of big-ticket exits but also because of their own cancel culture and non-conformity of opinions. Every now and then, its leaders issue statements that are disowned by the party as a whole. Interestingly, all of them agree with the thought process inside the four walls of party headquarters.

The same circle of humiliation has again come to the fore as Digvijay Singh has yet again become the scapegoat for outwardly spelling out the intentions of the Congress party. He has openly thanked Germany’s Foreign Affairs Ministry. Ironically, he even thanked Richard Walker, Chief International Editor at DW, a journalist, for commenting on India’s internal matter. Some desperation, Mr. Digvijay.

Thank you Germany Foreign Affairs Ministry and Richard Walker @rbsw for taking note of how the Democracy is being compromised in India through persecution of @RahulGandhi https://t.co/CNy6fPkBi3
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) March 30, 2023

However, it is unfortunate for Diggi Raja that his party leaders were quick to distance themselves from his tweet. From current colleagues to former party henchmen, everyone made tweets claiming that there is no need for this thankful gesture towards Germany as Rahul Gandhi’s conviction, disqualification, and the democratic values of India are our internal matters.

.@INCIndia firmly believes that India's democratic processes themselves have to deal with the threats posed to our democracy by Mr. Modi's assault on our institutions & his politics of vendetta, intimidation, threats & harrasment. INC & Oppn parties will take him on fearlessly.
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 30, 2023

Digvijaya Singh :
Thanked Berlin for " taking note of how democracy is being compromised in India"
My thought :
We don’t need crutches to walk ahead
We don’t need endorsements from abroad
Our fight is our own and in that we are together
— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) March 31, 2023

But they can’t run away from the fact that several social media handles have been desperately seeking foreign intervention to paint a falsely negative image of Indian democracy, which is not necessarily against party lines. In fact, Rahul Gandhi, the party’s policy-shaper, too had pleaded before the UK, US, and other European nations to “reflect” and react on India’s supposed erosion of democratic values.

There are a plethora of incidences where Congress has distanced itself from its senior leaders, and that includes virtually everyone except the Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi, who is too big a leader in the Congress party to be double-crossed.

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By now, virtually every media house has prepared a parallel template for the remarks of Congress leaders. For every controversial statement by the likes of leaders such as Digvijay Singh, Sam Pitroda, Shivraj Patil, or Jairam Ramesh, they should run parallel tickers stating that Congress distances itself from the outrageous remarks of its senior leaders. However, it is interesting to note that recent reports suggest that very soon Congress may issue clarifications that it doesn’t stand with Rahul Gandhi’s line of thinking on Veer Savarkar.

So it’s true.
Rahul Gandhi was indeed seeking foreign intervention when he spoke at Cambridge.
Digvijay Singh is a senior leader and he speaks for Congress @INCIndia
This is a first person public statement. Neither Rahul nor his supporters in party can deny it. pic.twitter.com/2WMXdV2zHr
— Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 (@KanchanGupta) March 30, 2023

The world is taking notice. Germany is not the first country to make a statement on #RahulGandhiDisqualification, and it shows the unease developing across democracies of the world with regards to what is happening in India. https://t.co/woAGH0ZMMD
— Ranajit Mukherjee রণজিৎ মুখার্জী (@RanajitSpeaks) March 30, 2023