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“When the Congress comes to power, he has earned this right; he can rightfully make a claim to the prime minister’s post,” says Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi.
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said on Monday that he sees Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a future prime minister and opined that he has earned “this right” to assume the post whenever the party comes to power. Singhvi praised him by saying “Gandhi means what he says and says what he means”.
When asked about Gandhi on the mantle of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and on the presumption about him as the prime minister in future, Singhvi said, “Forgot me; ask BJP friends. All this trolling you used to see, why is there admiration even though it is a grudging admiration, because you realise that (they were) lampooning a sincere person, lampooning a person who is direct, forthright, and conceptual, not fluffy at the edges, rhetorical, political, big words. The sincerity is coming through, and people are realising it.”
“He Has Earned This Right”: Singhvi On Rahul Gandhi’s PM Candidature
“People realise he walks the talk, literally. People realise he means what he says and says what he means. It’s exactly the opposite of what the prime minister does. So I think this whole concept and equation is changing,” he told PTI. When asked if he sees Gandhi as a future prime minister, Singhvi asserted, “Whenever the Congress comes (to power), ‘100 percent’.” The Congress spokesperson said he does not think anyone can deny Gandhi this right if the party comes to power as he earned it. “When the Congress comes to power, he has earned this right; he can rightfully make a claim to the prime minister’s post,” he further added.
Rahul Gandhi’s Political Background
The Leader of Opposition and the former Congress president, Rahul Gandhi has been an MP for five terms. He is currently representing the Rae Bareli constituency, which was previously held by his mother, Sonia Gandhi. In the General Elections of 2024, he won two seats, Rae Bareli and Wayanad but vacated the Wayanad seat in Kerala as per the law, from where his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest a bypoll.
Gandhi entered the Lok Sabha for the first time in 2004 following his victory from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
(With PTI Inputs)
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