That is right. Our priority at the moment is to revive the Congress Party. We need the maximum time possible to rebuild our organisation, especially in the Hindi belt.

Then we will not allow a vacuum. We have no intention of destabilising theGovernment. The country wants stability and in the larger national interest, we will keep away from the toppling game. But if the Government collapses on its own, then we will have to see how to save Parliament. The country cannot afford elections every few months.

We will have to see what to do.

I would not like to use the word discredit. But the people should get an opportunity to see what this government is like. An atmosphere was created by the media and the middle class that Atalji should form the next government. Now let us see how they run it, what their administrative capacity is.

In today's situation, it is possible, but only at the national level, not at the state level.

Let us look at the state of the Congress Party prior to her decision to campaign in the elections. The workers were totally demoralised under Kesri's leadership, nobody was enthusiastic, nobody was talking, nobody was comfortable. Mrs. Gandhi has succeeded in enthusing the Congress workers by establishing herself as a crowd-puller. The sections of society which were our traditional support base but had moved away, like the minorities, the weaker sections and women, are now coming back to us because of her.

She has taken total responsibility of the party. She is ready to spend 15 to 16 hours a day working for the party. She sits in theparty office everyday and is available to everybody. Party workers can talk to her and interact with her. She is trying to understand the political and social picture of each state. Her approach is result-oriented.

Yes. The desertions have stopped and the infighting has lessened.

The Congress needs a leader with wider acceptability both in the party and among the masses throughout India. We have to accept today that she is the person who fulfills both criteria.

Coalition politics may continue for a few years but ultimately, we will move towards a two-party system with the Congress firmly established as a left-of-centre part wedded to secular ideals and the BJP as a right-wing Hindu party. The people of this country are nationalist and theywant the nation as a whole to progress. Unfortunately, the aspirations of the people were neglected by the national parties which gave a momentum to the growth of regional forces. We have to correct that.

There is a difference. I was part of the Congress party till it split in 1969. Although I did not join Indira Gandhi, when the people accepted her party as the real Congress, we decided to merge with the Congress (I).

Mulayam Singh and Laloo Yadav are traditionally anti-Congress leaders. They are anti-Congress by habit. All their rallies start with anti-Congress slogans. They may be diluting this now but their anti-Congressism has not been fully diluted.

The problem is that in many states, the dispute is betweenthe Congress and the regional parties. Ultimately, I sincerely feel that we have to revive our own party. The country needs strong state governments but it also needs a strong Union government. For this, a national party is necessary.

We should get back to the good old days of the Congress. We have to do this to keep the country together. And my generation has to take the responsibility for this. I am not a product of the freedom movement. But we have enjoyed the fruits of freedom because of the Congress. Now we have to give our time to rebuild the party.