News Politics National PM told Rahul on Oct 2: I appreciate your taking active interest, you should lead the next govt

PM told Rahul on Oct 2: I appreciate your taking active interest, you should lead the next govt

New Delhi: At 10 am on October 2, when Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and said he regretted his choice of words about the controversial ordinance, Dr Singh told


To this, the Prime Minister said he appreciated the fact that Rahul Gandhi was taking an active interest in controversial political subjects and added that he  should lead the next government.
 
Rahul Gandhi's dramatic intervention to block the ordinance has now made it inevitable that he must take the responsibility of heading the next government if the UPA retains power after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Congress sources sayd, it was extremely unlikely that Dr Singh would get a third term even if the UPA manages to retain power.