What did Rahul Gandhi tell party workers in Gujarat?

In Rajkot, a PTI report confirmed what workers have been fearing: that winning the 2014 election is not a priority for Rahul Gandhi. Quoting Jamnagar MP Vikram Madam, the report said Gandhi is supposed to have told workers: "We should not worry about the 2014 elections... it is not a do-or-die situation, after the 2014 general election there would be no doubt about the party's existence, as the Congress is a permanent political party." To me that sounds a lot like: 'don't worry if we lose the election': absolutely not what Congress workers want to hear, especially in Gujarat. Presumably others too got the same impression because shortly thereafter, Sonia Gandhi denied he had ever spoken to anyone and said what Rahul had actually said was: we will win not just the 2014 but also the 2017 (assembly) elections. Read More