it is less than two months before Gujarat faces the Assembly election, but the main Opposition Congress appears grappling with defections by senior leaders and legislators and lack of direction from the top leadership in Delhi.
Its State unit has been trying to remain in shape to take on the ruling BJP and new entrant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal leading the campaigning for their parties.
For the Congress top brass, the party’s internal organisational election and Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra appear to be the immediate top priority and they have remained occupied with these ongoing activities.
