NEW DELHI: India’s opposition Congress party named Rahul Gandhi as its new leader on Monday after years of speculation, calling it a “historic occasion”. Senior Congress leader Mullappally Ramachandran said the 47-year-old had stood unopposed for election as the president of the party his family had led for generations. “I hereby declare Shri Rahul Gandhi elected as the President of the Indian National Congress,” he told reporters outside the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. Congress party workers let off firecrackers and cheered as they celebrated the announcement. Since the national election defeat, the party has lost polls in many states to the BJP, exposing him to further criticism.

Source: Pakistan Today December 11, 2017 10:41 UTC