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Gloomy-faced, glazed-eyed Congressmen are mourning a blow from which they may never recover.

No, we are not talking of the drubbing they received in the recent polls (haanji, we do know they won in Manipur. But, you know, they did just about scrape though in Uttarakhand and they did lose miserably in Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Punjab!)

Nor are we talking about the fact that they even lost Amethi and Rae Bareli, both of which have been Congress bastions for decades.

Aisa hai ki, these Congress-wallahs are stunned that their last big hope has fizzled out. They are really reeling, poor guys!

Priyanka Gandhi, who had been their biggest trump card thus far, just couldn't work her magic this time.

While Rahul Gandhi has always been an 'acceptable' leader, it was Priyanka whom the Congressmen always considered their Bramha-asthra.

All thanks, not to her political acumen (which is still to be proved!) but to her uncanny resemblance to her grandmother, the unforgettable Indira Gandhi, her candid style of speaking and her warm smile.

Everyone believed that Priyanka would, some day, lead the Congress to a thumping victory at the polls.

And then, Amethi and Rae Bareli happened!

Oh dear! What will the Congress do now?

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