In states that they used to be strong in the pre 2002 era, they started losing ground very quickly. Basically, a tired party that has stopped fighting in ever diminishing circles of existence, both ideologically and physically in terms of cadre. After 2009-2010, the Congress had begun to be the Congress we see today. The shifting sands of various political parties ate up all their time and they were paralysed by that. In UPA (United Progressive Alliance)- 2, they were on such shakey ground. At the national level, they were consistently and stridently against this. The Congress was singularly missing from the picture at the regional level. What happened after 2002 is that the victims looked desperately towards the Congress in Gujarat for help and the Congress was seen to let them down massively when it came to actually holding their hands through riots cases, but civil society stepped in.
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