Very good article. Thanks. Ramachandra Guha (“How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power”). My opinion: even if we don't want Modi, who else is there to lead the nation.About the Congress, its existence depends upon the Gandhi family. Without them there will be different power centres and that would lead to the death of the party. India cannot progress under a Congress-led coalition government. In the past such governments were beset with corruption and no accountability.It is unfortunate we the people of India do not have a choice. – Gopinath DomblaRamachandra' Guha's opinion is heartbreakingly true. There's no competent leadership in the Congress. As a die-hard Congress supporter, I am disheartened. What are our options? – Suchitra RamaniThis clearly shows hatred for Narendra Modi. It is surprising to see comments that all government institutions and the judiciary have been tossed aside. Can he give the example of a single ruling political party that is clean and not misused institutions and the judiciary? The Congress have done a PhD in this and rest are following its footsteps and beginning to ace it.The whole world economy is in turmoil and this man says Modi has mismanaged the situation. Get mature, fight out with real reasons. – Shankar PSWhat Ramachandra Guha has stated about the policies of the Modi government are actually the choice of people of India. Guha may recall Sonia Gandhi’s statement during the 2007 Gujarat election describing Narendra Modi as a “maut ka saudagar” or merchantof death. This is not acceptable in a civilised society.This is Hindu-majority state and anyone who works against Hindu sentiments will lost in the dust, like Mamata Banerjee and so many others. – Mahendra KaushikRamchandra Guha’s article, “How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power,” misdiagnoses the consolidation of power by Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Guha presents a skewed yet partially complicated reality of Indian politics and Rahul Gandhi’s lack of “discipline, gravitas, and curriculum vitae”.While I agree that the Congress party has faced major issues on grassroots level, there are a multitude of reasons why every issue raised by Gandhi has not panned out as expected, ranging from massive buy-outs of MPs and MLAs to media manipulation. However, it is hilarious to think that governance failures have not been central to Gandhi’s past campaigns and that personal attacks are not sufficient for the Indian voters. Guha misses the point entirely by claiming this to be the issue. Politics in India functions on emotions and community, not policy, after a limit. Making temples, talking about eating mangoes in interviews and using the terror incidents as a political strategy have influenced the Indian voter far more than we would like to admit. Guha’s obsession with dynastic politics superficially acknowledges the presence of multiple fathers and sons in regional politics but fails to mention the Shindias, Shahs and another Gandhi streak within the BJP. His lukewarm agreement on the erosion of institutions since 2014 does little damage control to how his analysis has refused to inculcate the unequal landscape of Indian politics, where opposition parties continue to be harassed by the Enforcement Directorate and the media runs as propaganda machines. In this complicated context, simply negating the ability of either of the Gandhi siblings to lead is not only presumptuous of Guha but a dangerous precedent for Indian politics, which refuses to take its leader of opposition seriously. – Zeenat Pannikker