PDP Assignment for Week 6

(7
th
June to 14
th
June, 2014)

Student Name

Roll No Section Faculty Mentor
Gaurav Bhalla 95 Mc Mrs. Sangeeta
Magan


Section A
Answer the following Question as an essay. [Not more than 1000 words]
Question:
Now that Elections are over and we have a new government, try to analyze the reasons as to
why Congress lost the battle.
Failure of Congress Party in 2014 states election
INTRODUCTION - There were lots of Reasons for failure of congress party in
states election 2014. Congress party gain a mere 44 seats in the 543-seat
parliament - its worst performance ever - and a key issue that has emerged
within subsequent party discussions is the role of the Gandhi dynasty in its
fortunes. The Gandhis have ruled India for all but 13 years since
Independence in 1947 and the party has become completely dependent on
a family that has produced three prime ministers.

Failure of Brand Rahul. He has not displayed the requisite qualities to lead
the party or connect with the electorate. His communication skills remain
below par. Although he has been in politics for 10 years, he has proved to
be a poor learner.

Rahul Gandhi's inadequacies stood out in sharp contrast to his mother
Sonia Gandhi's strengths.

The Congress ran a flawed election campaign. In contrast to the BJP's
simple slogan 'Ab ki Baar, Modi Sarkar' that resonated immediately with
the public, the Congress message 'Har haath shakti, Har haath tarakki'
failed to make an impact.

As the campaign progressed, the Congress changed tack and started
attacking Modi for his divisive agenda and communal leanings. But it was
too late as Modi had successfully projected himself as a strong and decisive
leader who alone had the capability to pull the country out of the current
mess.
Weak state leadership also proved to be the Congress party's undoing.
Riven by internal dissensions, the party organisation is in a mess in most
states while its leaders enjoy little or no autonomy.
The Congress paid the price for the UPA government's failures. While there
is no doubt that the Congress ran a confused campaign, led by an
uninspiring leader, it is also true that the corruption scandals, which
surfaced during the UPA regime and the government's inability to control
inflation and tackle the economic slowdown, contributed in a large
measure in discrediting the Congress.

Lack of consensus on many potentially popular Congress policies such as
tribal rights, forestry, human rights and the environment. "Team Rahul" is
believed to have come in the way of more than 100 industrial projects.

Congress' achievements have also come back to bite them - such as passing
the Right to Information (RTI) Act, which civil liberties activists and
journalists then used to snare the government in multi-billion dollar
corruption scandals, enabling the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to
damage its credibility.

Sources within the party agree that all the decisions about running the
campaign, such as its advertising strategy, were decided by the Rahul
Gandhi camp, which lacked organizational experience
Reasons For Failure.
1. Historical corruption.
2. Inefficient leadership by Rahul Gandhi.
3. Wrong selection of candidates by Rahul Gandhi, Deserting the senior,
honest, able and talented leadership by Rahul Gandhi,
4. Their was a Callous and proud attitude of leaders surrounding Rahul
Gandhi.
5. Polarization of Election in big states
6. Personal Attack on Narendra Modi.
7. Large numbers of honest leaders joined BJP returning Congress Ticket,
8. Lack of coordination and cooperation with Media.
9. Mismanagement of entire election.

Section B
Tick () the correct option


1 - I'm going ............ at the new hairdresser's
to get my hair cut
to cut my hair

2 - She needs to ........
have her car repairs
have her car repaired

3 - I really must get ....... the central heating
somebody to fix
somebody fix

4 - They ought to have ........ replace the broken windows
somebody to
somebody

5 - He ......... while he was away on holiday
had his flat burgled
burgled his flat

6 - I .......... my phone repaired after I dropped it
had
had to

7 - She didn't have time to get to the shops and .......
get her film developed
develop her film

8 - It took ages to get ...........
somebody do it
somebody to do it

9 - I'll ....... John to do it when he arrives
get
have

10 - She ......... on the underground last week
had her purse stolen
got her purse stolen

11 - He .......... tickets sent to his home address yesterday
has had
had

12 - You should .......... a long time ago
have it fixed
have had it fixed

13 - They couldn't .......... anyone to fix their burst pipes
get
have

14 - They had it ....... by the same person who decorated their old house
to do
done

15 - After winning a fortune, she ....... her family to do everything for her
gets
has

16 - I ......... the house redecorated if I could afford it
would have
would have had

17 - He got a friend ........ him at the airport
meet
to meet

18 - The teacher ...... him do all the work again
had
got

19 - He ....... his bags loaded onto the train by a porter
had
get

20 - I had my car ......... a fortnight ago
service
serviced