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| ‘Rahul is perfect for PM's job’ | | | Agencies
Ludhiana, Jan 10: The Congress on Saturday did not rule out the possibility of Rahul Gandhi becoming the next PM if it is voted back to power but said the party would fight the forthcoming elections under the "leadership" of Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"If Omar Abdullah can become the Chief Minister of an all important state like Jammu and Kashmir at the age of 38, if Rajiv Gandhi could become the Prime Minister at the age of 40, why can't Rahul Gandhi (38) become the Prime Minister at this age," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said here.
Asked whether Congress general secretary Rahul could be the next prime minister if Congress comes back to power, Tewari told reporters "he is perfectly suited for the job".
He, however, added that the Congress would "fight the forthcoming elections under the leadership of the party president, Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh."
The party had yesterday said that it was up to Rahul to decide the timing of assuming the leadership of the country but at the same time asserted that Manmohan Singh has done "done well on every front".
Urging the media to desist from creating a conflict by harping on the issue of projecting anyone as PM in the next elections, Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed had yesterday recalled that Sonia had, at the last Independence Day function at the party headquarters, said Manmohan Singh will unfurl the national flag at the Red Fort if the party was voted back to power.
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