Rahul skirts query on whether he will be next PM
September 14th, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Santiniketan (West Bengal), Sep 14 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday adroitly deflected a question on whether he would be India’s next prime minister and said serving the country should be the main aim for every citizen.
Responding to the question from a student at the Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore, Gandhi said that becoming the prime minister could not be the “sole motto”.
“There are so many ways you can serve the country,” he said at the interaction that was barred for the media.
“Serving the country should be the main aim,” a source present during the interaction quoted him as saying.
With the second United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government slated to continue in power till 2014, there has been much speculation as to whether the young Rahul Gandhi, son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the late Rajiv Gandhi, is being groomed for the top job in the country.
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