Copycat Congress ?

After Congress defeat in Delhi , Rahul Gandhi did say ,

"  We have a lot to learn from AAP  "

For a change , he meant it too  !

At the recently concluded AICC session , he outlined Congress Strategy for 2014 elections

He said ,

>  We will ask people to tell us what they want . People will prepare our

     Election Manifesto

    (  AAP did it first  )

>  We will let Congress workers to " elect " their candidates in 15

    constituencies ( ala , American Primaries )

    (  AAP did it in all the 70 constituencies of Delhi  )

>  In many states , we gave responsibility to YOUNG and we will do so in

    many more

     (  AAP is THE party of young !  )

>  We will pay special attention to the " NEW MIDDLE CLASS " of 700 million

     people

     (  Narendra Modi has already capitalized on this fact for 1 year ! )

>   In the first 3 months of being voted to power , we will aggressively

     attack inflation and corruption

      (  1 year ago , AAP came into existence on exactly this premise  !  )

And copying AAP's " Activism " , Sanjay Nirupam now got Maharashtra CM , Prithviraj Chauhan , to reduce power tariff by 20 %  !

It appears that after bulldozing the wishes of ordinary people for the past

66 years , Congress is about to re-invent itself  !

Not bad for a party of 128 years to learn , a thing or two , from a party which is 1 year old  !

Or is it merely a case of

>  a " Re-Active Rahul "  ( as opposed to " Pro-Active " )

instead of

>  a " Copycat Congress "  ?

*   hemen  parekh  (  20  Jan  2014  /  Mumbai  )