File photo of Rahul Gandhi, Shiela Dikshit and Sandeep Dikshit (R) during a function to distribute certificates to the residents of 45 resettlement colonies in New Delhi in 2013. Sandeep Dikshit said Rahul had asked senior leaders to select a new president but they failed. “The current position is that madam (Sonia) Gandhi is an interim president, Mr (Rahul) Gandhi doesn’t want to be president. Now the challenge for you was to get together, put people together, build a consensus and get a new Congress president. Asked whether the leaders didn’t want somebody from among them to become party president, Dikshit responded: “Who else will it be?

Source: Indian Express February 19, 2020 23:04 UTC