New Delhi: The decks are clear for the elevation of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to the post of party president.
The Central Election Authority CEA of the Congress on Tuesday declared that after scrutiny of nominations Mr. Gandhi was the only candidate in the fray.
A total of 89 nomination papers were received, all proposing Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s name.
All the nominations were found to be valid after scrutiny. Speaking to reporters the chairman of the CEA Mullapally Ramachandran said, “There is now only one validly nominated candidate, that is Mr Rahul Gandhi.”
Since December 11 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations Mr Gandhi is expected to be given a certificate of being elected unopposed on that day. Meanwhile taking the battle to the BJP Mr Gandhi posed a seventh question to the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi over Gujarat. The Congress Vice President has been tweeting a question a day to the Prime Minister on the 22 year rule of BJP in Gujarat. He asked the Prime Minister to give reasons regarding the increase in prices since the BJP has come to power.
