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Rahul Gandhi may not be made PM candidate

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi may have expressed his willingness to undertake any responsibility given to him by his party but contrary to widespread speculation he is unlikely to be announced the Congress' prime ministerial candidate.The

"Opinions of senior leaders will help party come to conclusions-appropriate and correct", he said when asked about party leader Digvijay Singh's advocating caution on the issue.

"High command has to decide when and who?", Dikshit said when asked whether the AICC meeting was an opportune moment to reveal its PM candidate.

"They (BJP and AAP) are fighting for the number two position", Dikshit remarked when asked whether Congress is afraid of naming Rahul as PM candidate in view of the AAP claim that the fight for power was on between the BJP and AAP and Congress is nowhere in the picture.

At the AICC briefing, Union Minister V Narayansamy recalled that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said that Rahul had all the qualities to become the PM candidate.

The CWC meeting is likely finalise the resolution that will come up before the AICC meet being held at a time when the Lok Sabha polls are just four months away.