The grand old party currently finds itself caught in rough and turbulent winds of political uncertainty, mainly due to the uncovering of scam after scam, and its failure to come out with convincing answers. Even though the party may deny this stoutly, the grave crisis has also been exacerbated by absence of leaders capable of steering the organisation into the clear. Even the frontline leadership appears tottering over handling predicaments.

The party will not deny that in recent years it has suffered tremendous setbacks due to untimely deaths of some of its heavyweights such as Madhavrao Scindia, Rajesh Pilot, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Dorjee Khandu and most recently Vilasrao Deshmukh. While Scindia and Pilot were promising leaders at the national level, the other three were well-versed with the level politics in their respective states and often helped Congress remain firmly in the saddle and outmanoeuvre rival parties.