Rahul to take over as Congress chief 'soon': Sonia

October 13, 2017 21:09

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said that her son Rahul Gandhi will soon take over as party chief.

"You have been asking this for so many years and it's now happening," NDTV quoted Sonia as saying.

"It will be done soon," Sonia, the longest-serving president of the Congress, added.

She and Rahul were present at the launch of former president Pranab Mukherjee's autobiography in New Delhi.

Rahul, NDTV reported, refused to be drawn into the subject of his takeover as the party president and deflected questions by referring to a controversy over BJP president Amit Shah's son Jay Shah.

"What about Jay Shah's takeover and his huge increase in his turnover," he commented.

During his trip to the United States, Rahul had said that while he was absolutely ready to take over the Congress it was for the party to elect him to the president's post.

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