What role will the Congress play in maintaining the balance?
It is too serious a problem. All institutions have their specified role. The Congress will not be party to any move which will create such an imbalance. But we have not taken any stand so far in the context of your question. One thing you missed while listing the causes for your party’s electoral loss is the public perception of the Congress being corrupt. Look at Sukh Ram’s case. The Congress president has rightly expelled him, and promptly. What you have said is too sweeping. But your party’s opposition to an impeachment motion against a Supreme Court judge (V. Ramaswamy) in the Lok Sabha created an impression that the party as a whole defends the cor rupt. I admit that was a mistake. I know a number of MPs from the South as well wanted to go for impeachment. I have to accept that it (bailing out the judge) was a last-minute decision. And a blunder. But it was a collective decision ? No, it was not. (Smiles.) It came from somewhere else. Are you still a Maharashtra leader with one ey
