Congress president Sonia Gandhi snubs Human Resource Development minister Arjun Singh by saying the ‘prime minister’s post is not vacant’. Congress spokeswoman Jayanti Natarajan says there is no place for ’sycophancy’ in the Congress party. But is there more to Arjun Singh’s endorsement of Rahul Gandhi as prime minister than meets the eye? Alistair Scrutton in Reuters looks at the issue
Important voices are being raised in favour of Rahul Gandhi as India’s next prime minister, as the ruling party looks to its family dynasty to fill a leadership vacuum as a general election approaches.
“What is wrong in wanting a young person like Rahul Gandhi to be Congress’s prime ministerial candidate?” Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, one of the ruling Congress party’s elder statesmen, told Indian Express newspaper.
Similar comments from Singh were widely reported across India’s media. They were followed by another statement of support, this time from Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, one of the government’s key regional allies.
To know what sister and private citizen Priyanka has been up to, go to AW’s earlier post here.
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