NEW DELHI: Congress has "consensus" over the leadership of Rahul Gandhi as its Prime Ministerial candidate, a party spokesperson said today amid speculation that he may be anointed as the party nominee at the AICC meeting being held here on Jan 17.
"Right now Congress party wishes that Rahul is projected as PM candidate....If this announcement is made, we all will be very happy. Right now there is a consensus in the party on his leadership....Today we feel people are looking at a face," party spokesperson Priya Dutt told reporters at the AICC briefing.
She was replying to a question as to who is the candidate of the party for Prime Ministership, especially of the younger generation at a time when BJP has rooted for Narendra Modi.
To another question whether Rahul is the panacea for all ills facing the party, she said, "We should not think of anything as a remedy.
"I do not agree....We have never mentioned anything like this," she said when told that the party had earlier spoken of a third term for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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"Right now Congress party wishes that Rahul is projected as PM candidate....If this announcement is made, we all will be very happy. Right now there is a consensus in the party on his leadership....Today we feel people are looking at a face," party spokesperson Priya Dutt told reporters at the AICC briefing.
She was replying to a question as to who is the candidate of the party for Prime Ministership, especially of the younger generation at a time when BJP has rooted for Narendra Modi.
To another question whether Rahul is the panacea for all ills facing the party, she said, "We should not think of anything as a remedy.
"I do not agree....We have never mentioned anything like this," she said when told that the party had earlier spoken of a third term for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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