Rahul Gandhi sworn in as Congress president, hits out at PM Narendra Modi

Rahul Gandhi spoke at length about current politics that is 'devoid of kindness and truth'

On Saturday, 47-year-old Rahul Gandhi succeeded his mother Sonia Gandhi as the president of the Congress party at a time when India’s oldest political party is at its weakest since 1947, and by Monday, if exit polls prove to be correct, it is set to lose two more assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

If the party faces a challenging future, the day of Rahul Gandhi officially taking over as the party chief was also one that the Congress counts as one of its most historic of the past few decades. The day also marked the anniversary of Pakistan’s