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India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party

Published: 16 Dec 2017 - 09:13 am | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 04:15 am
Indian Congress Party President-elect Rahul Gandhi arrives to pay homage during a remembrance ceremony for the 2001 attack on Parliament at Parliament House in New Delhi on December 13, 2017./ AFP.

Indian Congress Party President-elect Rahul Gandhi arrives to pay homage during a remembrance ceremony for the 2001 attack on Parliament at Parliament House in New Delhi on December 13, 2017./ AFP.

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New Delhi: India's Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress party after years of speculation about the scion of the dynasty that has ruled the country for much of its independent history.

Gandhi was handed a certificate of election in front of his mother Sonia Gandhi, becoming the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to become Congress president.