Rahul Gandhi's alternative approach to leadership

Through BJY, Rahul Gandhi has offered the country a style of leadership based on openness, empathy, honesty and assertiveness about his basic political beliefs

Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra (BJY) has become a headache for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Not only is it startled by the public response to the BJY north of the Vindhyas, but it can sense that Rahul Gandhi's emerging leadership style offers a real challenge to that of the BJP's top leaders.

By refusing to respond to the derogatory images churned out by the BJP's propaganda machine and going directly to the people, Rahul Gandhi has emerged as someone who is both courageous and likeable. He is courageous because he voices sentiments and ideas most people fear in the