Rahul Gandhi officially No. 2 in Congress; appointed party Vice President
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7/29/2019 Rahul Gandhi officially No. 2 in Congress; appointed party Vice President
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RahulGandhiofficiallyNo.2inCongress;appointedpartyVicePresident
AftermonthsofanticipationandclamourwithintheCongress,RahulGandhihasbeenappointedVicePresident,asthepartygetsbattle-readyforthegeneralelectionsscheduledfor2014.Acceptingthenewrole,MrGandhisaidonSaturday,"Ihavegreatexperiencethisisgreatpartyandwecantransformthiscountry."
MrGandhiisnowofficiallyNo2intheCongress.Hisbossishismother,CongresspresidentSoniaGandhi.
TheappointmentwasendorsedattheCongress'highestdecision-makingbody,itsworkingcommitteeortheCWC,whichmetonSaturdayeveningattheendofatwo-daybrainstormingsessioninJaipur.
DefenceMinisterAKAntonymovedtheproposalattheCWCwhichreceivedunanimousendorsement.
"CWCacceptedtheproposalandaftertheirendorsement,MrsSoniaGandhialsogaveherapprovalandShriRahulGandhiacceptedthisresponsibility,"CongressspokespersonJanardhanaDwivedisaid.
ThepartywasquicktoemphasisethatMrsGandhiwillcontinuetoplayabigger
role."ThereisayoungerIndiaandwearethefirstpartytoincludetheyouth.SoniaGandhiisthesupremeleaderandshewillhelpwithdecisions.Shehasabiggerrole,"CongressleaderSandeepDikshitsaid.
congress-workers-celebrate-295.jpgMrGandhiwasalreadyassignedtoleadingtheparty'sstrategywhentheCongressasksvotersforathirdshotinpower.ButtheCongresssaidonSaturdaythatthepartywilldecidethePMcandidatelater."MrsGandhihasrightlyappointedRahulGandhitothepostofvicepresident.Andasfarastheprimeministerialpostisconcernedthepartywoulddecideaboutitlater,"saidCongress'SachinPilot.
TheCongresssaidMrGandhi'spromotionrepresentsitscommitmenttorepresentingtheyouthofthecountry.Heis41andinstateslikeUPandBihar,hisleadr
oleinelectionsdidnotyieldanyrealdividendsfortheparty.
ThesubstantialpresenceofyoungdelegatesattheJaipursessionisseenasasignofMrGandhi'sincreasinginfluenceontheparty.InherspeechonFriday,hismotheremphasisedanurgentneedtoaddressanalienationfromtheurbanmiddleclass,especiallytheyouth.
Recently,theCongressrespondedclumsilywhenthousandsofstudentsprotestedforweeksagainstthegang-rapeofayoungstudentonamovingbusinDelhi.Demonstrationsdemandedjusticeforthevictimandbettersecurityforwomen,andtherewashugeangeratthefailureofseniorministerstoreachouttotheprotesters.