The Golden Rahul; The Gandhi Dynasty, Continued  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8760 (Nov. 2011), page 30.
Topik: Public Officials; Political Behavior; Families & Family Life; Leadership; Political Parties

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Rahul Gandhi, the son of Sonia Gandhi, will be tested as he steps up to national politics. Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress Party, arranged for her son to take the traditional family route to politics, as MP in Amethi, the heartland of the dynasty. If a Gandhi failed to flourish there, he would be in trouble. Yet it takes little prodding for locals to voice doubts about him. As dusk falls, a long-serving Congressman grumbles that his MP is not "fast-forward" - slow to take decisions and quick to spurn colleagues. Local carping might not matter, but it chimes with national grumbles. Two years ago Rahul spurned an offer of a cabinet post from the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, preferring to continue working in the party. Yet his performance has been underwhelming. Though his reforms of the youth wing are well-intentioned, his push for Congress to reject allies and promote young candidates in state elections earned poor returns from voters in Bihar and Kerala in the past year. Nor have his interventions been inspiring. If he had time to get his footing, this might not matter. But now rumours swirl that he will soon get a big party job, even replacing his mother as boss.

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