How did the Congress go from overshadowing Indian politics to struggling to stay afloat?
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00:00Independent democracy is freedom.
01:00of India.
01:24Gandhi holds the Congress in the palm of his hand.
01:26His personality dominates the crowd.
01:28He tells them to be patient and to keep up their attitude of non-resistance, and that
01:33eventually India would be free and independent.
01:36If England does not grant your demands, are you prepared to return to jail again?
01:57India became an independent republic in the British Commonwealth.
02:21Millions of Indians, led by Prime Minister Nehru, celebrated the independence of this
03:25Your extreme enemies, of course, suggest that you want absolute majority for absolute
03:47power, that you want to move India in the direction of a sort of Russia.
03:50Now what's your answer to that?
03:53I wonder if you've ever seen our parliament.
03:55Is it possible in India?
06:55I have come to this office at a critical point in the history of our party.
07:21We are in danger of losing our central place in the polity of our country as the natural
07:29party of governments.
07:51We are in danger of losing our central place in the polity of our country as the natural
08:19party of governments.
08:33Congress party has done pretty badly, there's a lot for us to think about, and as vice president
08:41of the party, I hold myself responsible for what is happening.
09:11We are in danger of losing our central place in the polity of our country as the natural
09:39party of governments.
10:07We are in danger of losing our central place in the polity of our country as the natural
10:18party of governments.