The induction of Rahul Gandhi into the Singh ministry is growing louder. The senior leaders of Congress have suggested about junior Gandhi that he be made a minister without any portfolio. In brief, a device that allows him to pursue organisational tasks while also gaining experience in the government.

This proposal of making Rahul Gandhi a minister without portfolio comes from senior Congress leaders who feel that Rahul should be in the cabinet following the party’s big win in the 15 Lok Sabha Elections.

It is due to Rahul Gandhi’s bold move that Congress got a good result in UP and Bihar.

In fact the “Rahul doctrine” has now come to dominate Congress’s thinking. Now it has become Congress party’s part of the strategy to expand the party’s footprint in areas where it has ceded space to national or regional rivals.