Rahul Gandhi files nomination for Congress president’s post

New Delhi, December 4 : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday filed his nomination papers for the party chief’s post.If you ask me, I think he will make a very good Prime Minister: Capt.Amarinder Singh,Punjab CM on #RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/nTkqIahuMy
The 47-year-old Gandhi scion is likely to emerge as the lone candidate in the fray and decks have been cleared for his election as the Congress president, succeeding his mother Sonia Gandhi, who has held the post for 19 years in a row now.
Today is the last date for filing nominations.
No one else filed papers till Sunday, according to Mullapally Ramachandran, the chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh are among the proposers for the candidature of Rahul Gandhi for the party chief’s post.