When will the Congress Party be thoroughly washed out of India? This party, which was once known to have given India its independence and which remained the political powerhouse of the twentieth century, is today in a state of political oblivion, struggling to battle off its shrinking base of supporters. The script is constant; it appears that one of the oldest parties in India is headed towards political forgetfulness, and here is how.

One of the key factors that led to the Congress party’s downfall is definitely the factor of dynasty politics. This once-proud party of freedom fighters’ is now dominated by the Gandhi family . The present regime of Rahul Gandhi and his efforts to win over Indian youth and middle- and working class populations have been devastating for the ‘Congress’ system. The era of dynasties determining the Indian future is over, and the Congress's inability to find a new generation of leaders besides the Gandhis will only help to bring about the party’s decline. They have shown a very poor capacity to read the directions of change and all around the development and growth of a youthful and renewed India. While the country unveils an aspiration of attaining the world's power and might in the not too distant future, Congress is stuck at then socialist principles, thus majoring in conflict. Within the most recent decade, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which came to power in 2014, has concentrated on systemic changes such as Make in India, Digital India, and the advancement of Atmanirbhar Bharat, which means self-sufficient India, and aims at portraying India on the global stage as an emergent superpower.

The Congress party’s fading out of power is not a progressive and cyclic change in the dynamics of Indian politics; it is essential. Cutting through the multi-layered political discourse of the hour, Congress has been seen as the indicator of a corrupt and dynastic system that has failed to transform with the times. Its leadership crisis is saying no to its growth and development and has failed to adopt the new era of new India and is again and again relying on vote bank politics. The current state election and trends in the country show that people no longer want a party that is regressing to the past. India needs leadership that works for its progressive development and unity and that does not indulge in populist measures and destructive politics. As has been said earlier, lacks a solid policy direction, is internally fragmenting, and suffers from chronic leadership crises, which are not simply symptoms of a party in slow and terminal decline but of a party that should, and in all probability will, cease to exist.