Gehlot, while speaking to mediapersons ahead of oath taking ceremony by Kharge, said that only Rahul Gandhi could challenge PM Modi and current government and hence till last minute efforts were made to make him the party president.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who has filed his nomination for the post of Congress president, said that the expiry date of the 'high command' culture has come closer.
Congress senior leader and the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the party would force Rahul Gandhi to return as Congress President