Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday removed 'Congress president' as his designation from his Twitter bio, barely an hour after he posted a 4-page statement reiterating that he has stepped down as the party chief. His new Twitter bio reads - "This is the official account of Rahul Gandhi | Member of the Indian National Congress | Member of Parliament." Asserting that he is no longer the Congress president, Gandhi on Wednesday said in a letter that it had been an honour to serve the party whose values and ideals have served as the "lifeblood of this beautiful nation". As president of the Congress, he said he was responsible for the party's loss in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. It is for this reason that I have resigned as Congress president," he said in an open letter shared on Twitter.

Source: dna July 03, 2019 14:48 UTC