<p>It was a Sunday and doors of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee’s office were locked.<br />The facade was all that H Hanumanthappa, a former Rajya Sabha member, needed for his silent protest. </p>.<p>“May God give Congressmen the wisdom to save the Congress party,” read the banner Hanumanthappa put up while he sat in silence.</p>.<p>The 87-year-old Hanumanthappa’s protest was against factions within the party, and it was his attempt to drive<br />home the message that the party’s interests must precede everything else. </p>.<p>In December 2018, Hanumanthappa slammed the party leadership in a meeting over its unpreparedness for the Lok Sabha elections, in which the grand old party managed to win just one parliamentary seat in the state.</p>
<p>It was a Sunday and doors of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee’s office were locked.<br />The facade was all that H Hanumanthappa, a former Rajya Sabha member, needed for his silent protest. </p>.<p>“May God give Congressmen the wisdom to save the Congress party,” read the banner Hanumanthappa put up while he sat in silence.</p>.<p>The 87-year-old Hanumanthappa’s protest was against factions within the party, and it was his attempt to drive<br />home the message that the party’s interests must precede everything else. </p>.<p>In December 2018, Hanumanthappa slammed the party leadership in a meeting over its unpreparedness for the Lok Sabha elections, in which the grand old party managed to win just one parliamentary seat in the state.</p>
