Operation Sindoor Debate Threatens Congress Unity

Congress faces deepening internal rifts, strategic confusion, and leadership crises amid rising national and state-level challenges.

- AJIT MAINDOLA

The internal factions of the Congress party are increasingly coming to the surface. Multiple factors are contributing to the ongoing unrest. One major issue is the party's organizational weakness. After crushing defeats in Haryana, Maharashtra, and Delhi, the Congress high command had promised significant structural reforms—but nothing substantial has materialized.

There is also a lack of consensus within the party on national-level political strategy. Whether it is the issue of the caste census or now Operation Sindoor, the party appears divided. Rahul Gandhi, the party's top leader, continues to set the political narrative, but the issues he champions are failing to energize the grassroots cadre. During the caste census debate, only a handful of leaders spoke out. Now, on Operation Sindoor, it is only Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge who are vocally opposing the government's foreign and war policies.