Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has emerged as the sole and unopposed claimant to the post of party president following the scrutiny of the nominations on Tuesday. The party’s returning officer for the election said Rahul was the only validly nominated candidate after the scrutiny of 89 nominations filed on his behalf by several party leaders on Monday.
“There is now only one validly nominated candidate, that is Shri Rahul Gandhi,” returning officer Mullappally Ramachandran said.
Ramachandran, who is also the chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority which is conducting the polls, said a total of 89 nomination papers were received, all proposing Rahul Gandhi’s name. All the nominations were found to be valid after the scrutiny. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is December 11, when the returning officer will declare him elected as the new Congress president.