The veteran Congress leader has squarely blamed his party’s dismal state on Rahul Gandhi and said Sonia Gandhi does not give him time. On Rahul GandhiAsked where the Congress was falling short despite initiatives like the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Aiyar said: “I think the Congress is falling short because Rahul is falling short of his great grandfather, his grandfather and his father.”On Sonia GandhiAsked if he had recently met or spoken with Sonia Gandhi or Mallikarjun Kharge and whether he feels sidelined within the party structure, he wrote: “No, not recently. Ramachandran so impressed me that I gave second prize to Pinarayi because I had already given first prize to M.K. And had Bose, with whom Gandhi had severe differences, lived, I am sure Subhas would have been appointed Rastrapati. “It is only cretinous Congressmen to find excuses for our Maximum Leader who say this nonsense,” Aiyar wrote.

Source: The Telegraph February 16, 2026 16:26 UTC