NEW DELHI:
India?s main opposition
Congress party on Monday elevated
Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the country?s most fabled political dynasty, as its president, preparing to
challenge the dominance of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi ahead of national polls in 2019.In a long-awaited move, Gandhi, the great-grandson of
India?s founding prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was elected unopposed to head the party. He will take the reins from his mother Sonia, the party?s longest-serving president, since 1998.Calling it a ?historic occasion?, the
Congress party said
Gandhi would take charge as president on Dec. 16.
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