Our sources in Delhi tell us that the All India Congress Committee will hold a two-day meeting from January 17 in Delhi. Party president Sonia Gandhi is likely to announce Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate.

On the day of huge four-state defeat, last Sunday, Sonia Gandhi had said, while accepting the people's verdict, that the decision on its prime ministerial candidate would be made at an "opportune moment".

With just five months to go for the Lok Sabha polls, the fundamental lacuna of the Congress to project anyone who can take on the Narendra Modi challenge needs to be addressed.