10. Rahul GandhiThis year saw Rahul Gandhi taking centre stage in Congress politics. For all practical purposes, Rahul has emerged as the sole power centre in Congress.
The poor health of Sonia Gandhi has contributed to her decreasing role in key decision making in the party.
Most probably, the Congress party will declare him as the Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014 general elections despite the 1-4 drubbing of the party in recently concluded assembly elections for which Rahul had campaigned extensively.