04-02-2009, 11:43 PM
<b>Wooing Brahmins</b>
The time is up for the Mandal votaries within the Congress. With Rahul Gandhi steadily taking charge of the party affairs, the Congress is taking steps to regain its original votebank â<b> Brahmin, Harijan and Muslims</b>. His advisers have pointed out to the heir that the decline of the Congress started with the party aping the Vishwanath Pratap Singh line post-1990 pushing its most steadfast supporters in Hindi heartland â Brahmins â into the arms of the BJP. Since the jeneodharis (those who wear the scared thread) shifted support to Mayawati in the last assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, <b>Gandhi advisers feel, it was the right opportunity to woo them back to the party</b>. No wonder that <b>KK Tewary, a Minister in Rajiv Gandhi Government and a family loyal, has been pulled out of cold storage and made party candidate from Brahmin-majority Buxar seat in Bihar.</b> Rahul Baba even went to Buxar to canvass for Tewary sending some very tacit signal.
The time is up for the Mandal votaries within the Congress. With Rahul Gandhi steadily taking charge of the party affairs, the Congress is taking steps to regain its original votebank â<b> Brahmin, Harijan and Muslims</b>. His advisers have pointed out to the heir that the decline of the Congress started with the party aping the Vishwanath Pratap Singh line post-1990 pushing its most steadfast supporters in Hindi heartland â Brahmins â into the arms of the BJP. Since the jeneodharis (those who wear the scared thread) shifted support to Mayawati in the last assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, <b>Gandhi advisers feel, it was the right opportunity to woo them back to the party</b>. No wonder that <b>KK Tewary, a Minister in Rajiv Gandhi Government and a family loyal, has been pulled out of cold storage and made party candidate from Brahmin-majority Buxar seat in Bihar.</b> Rahul Baba even went to Buxar to canvass for Tewary sending some very tacit signal.