Rahul Gandhi elected Congress president

New Delhi, December 11 : Rahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed to the position of Congress president, the party’s Central Election Authority announced after Monday’s deadline for withdrawal of nominations. Central Election Authority Chairman Mullapally Ramchandran said the committee had received 89 nomination papers, all proposing Gandhi’s name for the position.
“Eighty-nine nomination papers proposing the name of Rahul Gandhi for the Congress president have been received. All the nomination papers have been found valid. Since the withdrawal date/time is over and as there is only one candidate, as per Article XVIII (d) of the Constitution of the Indian National Congress, I hereby declare that Rahul Gandhi elected as president of the Indian National Congress,” said the party’s returning officer in a statement, adding that Gandhi will collect the certificate formally declaring his ascension to the post on December 16.