Congress President does not like party leaders speaking out of turn and taking a deviant line. Even if the leader is the amiable Shashi Tharoor who recently said in an op-ed article, ‘‘It seems safer in many places these days to be a cow than a Muslim.”
Without naming Tharoor, Gandhi said at the CWC meeting that he wouldn’t hesitate to take action against party leaders whose statements dilute the party’s “bigger fight.” In recent days, articulate Tharoor has also said that if the BJP wins in 2019, India’s Constitution won’t survive. He also ignited a major controversy by saying India is in the danger of becoming a Hindu Pakistan. The last thing Rahul wants is to be caught in a flurry of apologies as was the case when during the Gujarat election, Mani Shankar Aiyar, a veteran party leader, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “neech aadmi”. Input ANI