Rahul Gandhi will take over as Congress president today.

Posters and hoardings have been put up in area around All India Congress Committee HQ in Delhi.

Supporters and party workers burst crackers and raise slogans in support of Rahul outside Congress HQ at Delhi's Akbar Road, ahead of him taking over as the party president.

Yesterday evening, the youth Congress office in New Delhi was lit up.

The celebrations began as party workers danced outside the office with drum rolls.

The Congress office in Lucknow was also decorated with lights.

The Congress, earlier on Friday, held a celebration and distributed sweets at party's headquarters in the capital.

Stall selling badges and key chains with Rahul's photos were also set up outside the party headquarters.

The Congress Party is also set to organise a grand celebration in the national capital.

Rahul, erstwhile Congress vice president, has succeeded his mother Sonia Gandhi, who held the post for nearly two decades.   -- ANI