India’s opposition politics today is saturated with the language of social justice. No one has leaned into that frame more visibly than Rahul Gandhi, who has pushed a nationwide caste census and higher OBC representation as core planks. Yet, a string of high-profile choices by the Congress (and the wider INDIA bloc it anchors) have triggered a familiar charge from critics: the rhetoric is bold, but the selections often lean back to traditional elites. This blog pulls together three recent flashpoints—Telangana, Amethi, and the Vice-President nomination—to...