NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi as Congress's PM candidate is an idea whose time may have come. Just days after PM Manmohan Singh ruled himself out as the leader of a possible Congress-led coalition, chances of Rahul being named as replacement have dramatically brightened, raising the possibility that he may take the baton at the AICC session, set for January 17 in Delhi. The leadership has hedged its stand on whether Congress will be going into the Lok Sabha elections with a declared PM candidate, but well-placed sources acknowledge that momentum has been inexorably built up for the party to spell out its choice for the top job. "There is a greater recognition among us that times have changed and the party cannot go to elections without a face," said a source. A final decision is expected to be taken in a meeting ahead of the January 17 session. TOI had written about the rising possibility of Rahul's projection in its editions on December 27 and again
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician who has played a prominent role in the Indian National Congress (INC), one of the major political parties in India.