India, Aug. 2 -- Repeated parliamentary disruptions have failed to yield electoral gains, making a strategic rethink imperative.

Since the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha, the political approach of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has been difficult to fathom. Over the past two years, Rahul Gandhi has managed to stay in the headlines by disrupting almost every parliamentary session, yet the party has not reaped any political benefit from this. The party suffered crushing defeats in every state- except Kerala-even though elections were held in a dozen states. It so happened that whenever a parliamentary session was convened, elections in one state or another were imminent. This time, elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, G...