December 16, 2017: Rahul Gandhi today assumed the Presidentship of the Congress party. Mr Gandhi received a formal certificate from the party’s central election authority at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi this morning.
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He was elected unopposed to the post of Congress president earlier this month. He succeeds Mrs Sonia Gandhi, who steered the party for 19 years after becoming the President in 1998.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Gandhi said, Congress should become an instrument of dialogue among the people. (AIR News)
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