But apparently things work differently when the Congress party is concerned. The same arrangement that has allowed Congress to present itself as a party whose top leadership is immune from the enticements of power is gradually corroding the institutional fabric of the country. By making Sonia Gandhi the head of the party and Manmohan Singh the head of the government, the Congress has weakened the Prime Minister’s office to such an extent that top ministers can blatantly make fun of their Prime Minister. They can disregard Prime Minister’s injunctions with impunity and still retain their access to the charmed circle of the Dynasty. In fact, the cabinet ministers rather than owing allegiance to the Prime Minister leave no stone unturned in paying obeisance at the altar of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. After all, Rahul is the future while Singh will soon be the past, if he is not already. Digvijay Singh can train his guns at the home minister because he realises that the Gandhis are much more sympathetic to the NGO narrative of the Naxalite problem than to their own home minster’s prescriptions about tackling the challenge. Mani Shankar Aiyar can target anyone he likes because though he could not have the trust of the Prime Minster, and so had to leave the cabinet, he remains a favourite of the Gandhis.