Has the Congress withered away? The question arises with every successive electoral setback. The idea of the Congress is still relevant, but the party that can implement it has tragically unravelled

xIn the recently concluded Assembly elections, the Opposition in Bihar, including the new start-up Jan Suraaj, has been decimated. The NDA coalition has swept the polls. A key take-away from these elections, is the steep electoral decline in the Congress, the only national Opposition party. In Bihar the Congress managed to get just six seats, and a meagre vote percentage of 8.7 per cent.

The Indian National Congress was once not merely a political party; it was a national movement, a repository of ideals and a crucible of leadership that shaped the destiny of a new nation. However, today the

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