Memo to Rahul - It's 2014, not 2004

Delhi is aswirl with conspiracy theories surrounding Rahul Gandhi's dismal performance in his maiden TV interview. Here's a new one: perhaps his minders wrongly supplied the Congress heir apparent with an unused draft of a 2004 Vision Document. Because 10 years ago, as a party emerging from almost a decade in the Opposition, Gandhi's impassioned call for a more democratic, less centralised politics would have held far greater resonance, as would his attempts to position himself as the perennial outsider.

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