NEW DELHI: Congress will roll out the process for election of party president on Friday, in what will mark the start of the much-awaited exercise which will see Rahul Gandhi take the reins of the party within a fortnight.The notification announcing the election process will be issued on Friday morning, with aspirants allowed to file nominations by December 4. The papers will be scrutinised on December 5 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is December 11. Rahul is likely to submit his papers on the last day of nomination. According to party officials, Rahul will visit his office at the Akbar Road headquarters in Delhi where he will sign multiple sets of papers. While Rahul is likely to be elected unopposed, AICC may want to go through the process before announcing the outcome.

Source: Times of India November 30, 2017 22:09 UTC