Amid continued speculation about Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as Congress president, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said Sonia Gandhi was the “unifying factor” without whom the party would have “disintegrated”.
“Leader(ship) is their internal affair. I can only say this much. It is because of Soniaji that Congress is united. Otherwise it would have got disintegrated. This is my view although I do not approve of dynasty,” Naidu said.
“Dynasty is nasty in democracy but it is tasty to some people particularly Congress and its supporters. But the reality has to be accepted. Sonia is the unifying factor for Congress party,” the Parliamentary affairs minister said in an interview.
Referring to the outcome of assembly polls in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry, Naidu, however, said “But as a leader her leadership has not succeeded. You have seen that.”