Nehru-Gandhi Family Has ‘Brand Equity’, Tough for Others to Run Congress, Says Adhir Chowdhury2Photo© hindustantimes.com

Nehru-Gandhi Family Has ‘Brand Equity’, Tough for Others to Run Congress, Says Adhir Chowdhury

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The leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has said it will be tough for any leader from outside the Gandhi-Nehru family to run the party, as it has "brand equity".

He also said the revival of the Congress largely depended on the weakening of regional parties that lack ideology, and claimed that the country was headed for "bipolar politics".

Mr Chowdhury said only a party like the Congress, with its "strong" ideological mooring, and pan-India presence, can counter the "communal juggernaut" of the BJP.