 "(From left) Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with party colleagues at the AICC office in Delhi on Monday")
With no other challenger in sight and Shehzad Poonawala, the Congressman who (being married into the Vadra household) was thought to represent some unidentified interest withdrawing the gauntlet, there is hardly any doubt that on December 11 or 12 Rahul Gandhi will become the new President of the Congress.
There are anxieties, fears and hopes.
“What role will Sonia Gandhi play now?” asked a former chief minister. For many, the end of one era and the beginning of another would not be the smooth transition they were hoping for.Congress units in several states — Karnataka for instance — set great
