NON PARTICIPANT WINS THE RACE

Nitin Gadkari did not participate in the race. However, the umpire using his discretion declared Gadkari as the winner,much to the dissatisfaction of the participents. The RSS finally got its man as the president of the saffron party. Gadkari is new to national politics. He has not won a direct election. He is not a member of either Loksabha or Rajya Saba. This makes his task difficult.He has a very challenging task in rebuilding the party from the grass root level. This depends on the cooperation he gets from various factions within the party. The once disciplined party, is now has enough indisciplined and dissident MLAs and MPs and office bearers, in various states, Rajasthan and Karnataka being in the prominet ones. The success of his tenure as president will heavily depends on the cooperation being extended by senior leaders like Arun Jatley, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar, Venkaiah Naidu, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Modi and others, including leaders from his own home state. Gadkari is known for his straightforward attitude. However, his recent assertion that RSS had no role in his elevation to the top post is far from the truth. The whole world knows what went on behind the scene. Best wishes to him.