Rahul Gandhi moves the needle, Congress to follow through with bid to dispel ‘anti-business’ image
New Delhi: In a significant attempt to reshape his politics, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, responding to a growing debate within the Congress, has signalled the beginning of an image makeover exercise in an attempt to dispel the perception that he was “anti-business”.
The process was set in motion Wednesday with leading newspapers publishing an opinion piece by Gandhi in which he acknowledged that there was a gap in his approach in calling out business monopolies.
“I know that hundreds of India’s brilliant and dynamic business leaders are scared of the monopolists … in contrast to the ‘match-fixing’ monopoly groups, there is a larger number of amazing ‘play-fair’ Indian businesses, from micro-enterprises to large corporations, but you are silent. You persevere in an oppressive system,...