In a rare free-wheeling conversation with Congress MPs and journalists in Parliament's Central Hall, Rahul said he did not wish to tie the knot and start a family as doing so would lead him to develop a vested interest in the status quo at the expense of his mission to democratize the Congress and decentralize its decision-making.
"If I get married and have children, then I will become a status quoist and will be concerned about bequeathing my position to my children," he said. This was the first-ever confirmation of Rahul's much-speculated disinclination to marry and start a family. Rahul has so far fended off questions about his marriage by saying people would get to know about his plans at the appropriate time.
He also denied that he aspired to be PM and lamented that Congress as well as other parties had degenerated into oligarchies where a tiny elite call the shots. Asked about his interest in the PM's job, he said, "Asking whether you want to be prime minister is to ask me a wrong question." The response defied the growing clamour from the ranks that he be declared the Congress's candidate for PMO in the 2014 polls.
The disclaimer also comes at a time when the move to project Narendra Modi as BJP's candidate for the top job has gathered momentum, and belies the assessment that Rahul's agreeing to Congress vice-president suggested that he had finally come around to be projected as the party's spearhead for the 2014 polls.
Congress immediately rushed to insist that Rahul's comments may not necessarily be the last word on whether he will accept the responsibility. Party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said, "All Congress workers desire that Rahul Gandhi become the PM one day and we are sure that our wish will be fulfilled."
Alvi further said that what Rahul thought of himself was one thing and only reinforced that he did not hanker after any post for sure. "That he does not want to be the PM is his thinking. But as far as workers of Congress party are concerned, they want him and I am sure one day he will become the PM of the country," he added.
The Congress spokesperson said Rahul's statement contrasted sharply with the intense jockeying for position in other parties, and showed that he, like mother Sonia, was not in politics for selfish ends.
Talking to MPs and journalists, Rahul built upon his renunciatory note by declaring Mahatma Gandhi to be his inspiration and by detailing his plan to disperse decision-making power in the party. He looked relaxed and handled all questions put to him with ease, in what contrasted sharply with the impression of aloofness about him.
Rahul said Gandhi wielded such influence because he never hankered for power. He added that he was inspired by 'nishkam karma' or selfless pursuit of action, the central doctrine of the Bhagavad Gita. He said he was not interested in power, having seen prime ministers from close quarters.
Picking up from where he left in the party's brainstorming session in Jaipur in January, Rahul said he wanted to rebuild the party from the ground up, empowering workers. He said decision-making in Congress had come to be concentrated in 15-20 people, resulting in a situation where the aspirant for a legislative council nomination in Andhra Pradesh had to come to Delhi. "Why should this be so?" he asked.
Rahul said the trend of cartelization was true of other parties as well. "I want to give voice to the middle-tier... empower middle-level leaders. There are some parties in India which are run by one leader, two leaders, five to six leaders and 15 to 20 leaders. My priority is to empower MPs as also legislators in states." This was seen as him referring to the BSP, SP, BJP and Congress.
He also said that Congress being the lead player, whatever it does will have a ripple effect on others, stressing that other players often mimic what the Grand Old Party does. "Now BJP also has a core group," Rahul said referring to the saffron outfit's embrace of the organizational mechanism which was first conceived by Congress.
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