In search of Conservatives in India

Surjit S Bhalla says “The Communist Conservatives in the Congress (C3 for short) in charge again? What possible loss could the Congress suffer by scrapping Article 377? Didn’t the party realise that it was voted in because it was considered the “liberal alternative” by a large segment of the population, by a large proportion of the young and bulging middle class? As events turned out, we will never know the answer, but for its own benefit, and future, the Congress party should scrap within it those that favoured a business-as-usual cautious attitude towards long-overdue reforms, social or otherwise.”