Rahul files nomination for Cong president's post, Manmohan Singh calls him party's darling

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi filed nomination at party headquarters on Monday. He also met former President Pranab Mukherjee and former PM Dr Manmohan Singh at latter's residence. Senior Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mohsina Kidwai, and Sheila Dikshit were present at the occasion. 

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# Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh extends his best wishes to Rahul Gandhi 

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# Senior party leaders including Kamal Nath, Sheila Dikshit, Motilal Vora and Tarun Gogoi filed first set of nominations(as proposers) for Rahul Gandhi

#  Jyotiraditya Scindia tweeted, "have no doubt that we will make tremendous strides under your unifying & progressive leadership @OfficeOfRG! Wish you the very best! Look forward to undertaking this journey of building an India of energy, opportunity & unity with you." 

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# Rahul Gandhi reaches former PM Dr.Manmohan Singh's residence ahead of filing nomination for Congress President

# Sonia ji took Congress to new heights, we won many elections under her leadership and now it is time for Rahul Gandhi to take the party forward: Dr. Karan Singh, Congress

Rahul was accompanied by a host of senior leaders including Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

According to Mullapally Ramachandran, the chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority, Monday is the last date for filing of nominations and no one else has filed papers till Sunday.  

Rahul Gandhi is likely to emerge as the lone candidate in the fray and decks have been cleared for his election as the Congress president, succeeding his mother Sonia Gandhi who has held the post for 19 years.

“So far 90 nomination forms have been given out to state unit delegates. No application for the nomination has been submitted so far and tomorrow is the last date for filing nominations,” he told.