Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that Rahul Gandhi is his choice to be the next Prime Minister if the INDIA bloc alliance wins the Lok Sabha elections, stating that he represents the youth and the entire country.
“Rahul Gandhi is my choice to be Prime Minister. He is my choice and he represents the youth, and length and breadth of the country,” Kharge said in an interview with NDTV.
He, however, emphasised that since the bloc has decided to fight together, the coalition will jointly decide on the PM candidate after winning the polls — with June 4 being the counting and results day of this year’s general elections.
“The bloc has decided we are fighting together. After winning the coalition will jointly decide who will be PM,” the Congress chief stated.
Kharge also mentioned that he wanted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to make her electoral debut in this year’s election, but she chose not to, and her brother Rahul stood instead, while she managed his campaign.
“I wanted Priyanka to contest, but Rahul needed someone to be his campaign manager, since he was also campaigning across the country,” he said.
The senior Congress leader comments come ahead of the seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, set for June 1 on Saturday.
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