By the end of the day Sonias son Rahul Gandhis elevation as the Congress next president will be final and it will be made official.
Today is the last day for filing nominations and the last chance for anyone in the party to challenge Gandhi to an election for the post. That is not expected to happen.
Rahul, who has been the Congress’ vice-president for almost five years, filed nomination papers at the party’s 24 Akbar Road headquarters in Delhi this morning with the who’s who of the party present.
Before that he met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former President Pranab Mukherjee, to seek their blessings, party sources said. At the party office, he was seen hugging veteran Congress leaders Sheila Dikshit and Mohsina Kidwai.
“Rahul Gandhi is a darling of the Congress and he will carry forward the great traditions of the party,” said Dr Manmohan Singh, who is the first proposer in one of four sets of nomination papers that the 47-year-old leader has filed. Sonia Gandhi is the first proposer in another set.
