The misplaced assertion of authority by the Gandhis in riding roughshod over the CM and MPs, is a repeat of the old mistakes that pushed regional satraps, like Mamata Banerjee, Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy who are outstanding political minds commanding power in their respective States as CMs of West Bengal, Assam and Andhra Pradesh, out of its fold. They felt suffocated in the durbar politics of the Congress, in which Mr. Sidhu has flourished. From the above text we can infer that:

The correct answer is ' Congress has lost some of its influential regional leaders owing to misplaced assertion of authority by the Gandhis' . Key Points The passage talks about the problems with the Congress party and why it lost its big regional leaders. Let's refer to the text " The misplaced assertion of authority by the Gandhis in riding roughshod over the CM and MPs, is a repeat of the old mistakes that pushed regional satraps, like Mamata Banerjee, Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy who are outstanding political minds commanding power in their respective States as CMs of West Bengal, Assam and Andhra Pradesh, out of its fold ". ' Out of the fold ' means ' having left an organization ' ' Satrap ' means ' (in the past) someone who governed a province (= political area) in ancient Persia ' Let's discuss the options: Option 1 ) is incorrect as Congress has lost (not brought in) some influential leaders. Option 2) is the CORRECT inference as the loss of s ome regional leaders was caused by the misplaced assertion of authority by the Gandhis. Option 3 ) is incorrect because the leaders that Congress lost were big and influential (and not trivial) . Trivial : having little value or importance Option 4) is incorrect as the leaders being talked about had regional influence (not pan-India reach) . pan-India : presence across all over India Therefore, the correct answer is option 2) .