Cong leaders to raise in CWC issue of making Rahul PM nominee

A crucial meet of Congress Working Committee (CWC) began here today with several leaders saying that they are going to raise the issue of making Rahul Gandhi the Prime Ministerial nominee of the party at the deliberations.
Before the meeting began, many party leaders said that the issue would be coming up at the apex policy-making body of the party and that they would be raising it.
Earlier, Union Minister Oscar Fernandes said Rahul Gandhi is the Congress candidate for Prime Ministership.
"Whether he (Rahul) accepts or not, he is our Prime Ministerial candidate. He will certainly accept (the responsibility), this is my opinion," the Road Transport Minister told reporters here.

He also said that there is no difference of opinion among senior party leaders on it. "No, no differences... We all are very happy."
To a specific question as to how his name can be formally announced as the party's PM candidate amid different opinions in Congress on it, Fernandes, who has held key positions in party organisation for long, insisted, "It has to be done."

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also hoped that such an announcement could be made at the AICC meeting.
"I certainly hope that it will be so....I certainly believe that under his leadership Congress will certainly perform well in this election," Scindia said in reply to a question on whether Rahul's name could be announced as PM candidate in the meeting.

In last few days, there have been contradictory signals from the party with some leaders indicating that he should be named the PM candidate before the polls while few others advocating a word of caution on it.
The contradictory signals emerged even as Rahul Gandhi in a recent interview expressed his willingness to undertake any responsibility given to him by his party.