Rajiv Gandhi retains the caution of the commercial pilot that he was, and is normally wary of discussing his findings in open forums of the party. But his implicit trust in the observations of his new youth brigade is being reflected in his increasing petulance with the traditional Congress (l) leaders and his diminishing confidence in their capacity to put the party in fighting trim. A close aide of Rajiv says that he recently blew up when a Union minister sidled up to him with lengthy reports of the implementation of tribal area uplift plans. "How I wish the tribals you say you'd helped were present here, and were in agreement with your statistics," he reportedly snarled back. Even at the Pradesh Congress Committees(I) office-bearers'and District Congress Committees(I) chiefs camp in Delhi, when the Bihar contingent complained to him about the "new Youth Congress boys" trying to ride roughshod over them, he exploded, saying: "I know your exact worth. You can't solve your own problems of factionalism, and you think you can solve the problems of the nation? Please don't create hurdles for the boys who are doing an excellent job and do your own work."Published By: AtMigration Published On: Nov 30, 1999 00:00 IST--- ENDS ---
