Rahul emerges as another ‘Gandhi’ knight to hold Congress reins

New Delhi: Congress will soon get its new Chief as Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination to lead the party.

The former party Vice President filed his nomination at 1030 hours on Monday and is expected to get elected unanimously as he is the single contender for the post, the party officials said.

A host of party heavyweights were present when Gandhi submitted his nomination papers for the party chief's post at its headquarter. He had over 90 sets of nomination papers filed to support his candidature.

The party members, however, had declared RaGa as their president even before he was elected so. Posters and hoardings were pasted at the party headquarters that had congratulation messages on them declaring Gandhi as their new president. It is to be mentioned that Rahul is the member from the fifth generation to hold the party reins which he would be taking over from his mother Sonia Gandhi.

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Six Chief Ministers -- Punjab's Amarinder Singh, Karnataka's Siddaramaiah, Himachal Pradesh's Virbhadra Singh, Puducherry's V. Narayanasamy, Meghalaya's Mukul Sangma and Mizoram's Lal Thanhawla – were also present when were submitted filed by various leaders to extend support to Rahul Gandhi's candidature.

Congress state unit chiefs, senior leaders and Pradesh Congress Committee delegates were also among the authorities present at the party's central office to express support to Rahul Gandhi ahead of his much-awaited elevation.

The former Congress VP signed the papers filed before the Returning Officer in the presence of the above mentioned authorities. RaGa also met Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Form,er Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his way to the party headquarters.

Rahul’s election as the party president has already grabbed mixed reactions from the countrymen. While some see it as the step towards the better future of the party, others have declared it as the start of steep downfall for Congress.