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Saving the Congress

The article "A party's need for renewal and three options" (May 24) is timely and appropriate. The criterion to become a party leader or Minister in a Congress government is not ability to win elections. It is the proximity of a person to the party leadership that determines the fortunes of a member. A.O. Hume and other leaders who took the initiative to build this organisation would have been ashamed had they been alive. The Congress should be dissolved for good.

Anish Sebastian,
Muvattupuzha

It is time for Congress president Sonia Gandhi to put forward the second Kamaraj Plan. She should advise the senior leaders to make way for youngsters. The elders should play the role of mentors and work towards steering the party to success in the 2009 election.

The statement of leaders such as Mani Shankar Aiyar that the UPA government should consider a course correction should be taken in the right spirit. The Congress leadership should not succumb to the pressure of sycophants .

N. Nagarajan,
Secunderabad

The fruitful existence of the 122-year-old organisation, which was instrumental in the growth of the nation and in overcoming many testing times, now depends largely on the steps it will take to revamp itself. The Uttar Pradesh elections have proved that family glory does not pay dividends any more. Only intensive recruitment from the grass root level and restoration of inner party democracy can save the party. The present system of keeping out the youth should be dispensed with so that the party can work towards a better tomorrow.

C.P. Velayudhan Nair,
Kochi

The Congress is not only alienating itself from the party's rank and file, but also from the aam admi. The common man feels it is not a party he can identify with. The prices of essential commodities have shot up, and there is an increase in the lending rate of home loans shattering his hopes of acquiring a roof over his head. To add insult to injury, the party is projecting dynastic succession in the name of democracy with Rahul Gandhi talking as if he is the heir to the country's throne. At this rate, the Congress will soon become a fossil.

B. Uthamanarayanan,
Coimbatore

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