Rahul Gandhi took over as the Congress President today & Mr Gandhi received a formal certificate from the party's central election authority at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi this morning. <br/><br/>He was elected unopposed to the post of Congress president earlier this month. Rahul Gandhi succeeds Mrs Sonia Gandhi, who steered the party for 19 years after becoming the President in 1998.

Rahul Gandhi took over as the Congress President today. Mr Gandhi received a formal certificate from the party's central election authority at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi this morning. <br/><br/>He was elected unopposed to the post of Congress president earlier this month. Rahul Gandhi succeeds Mrs Sonia Gandhi, who steered the party for 19 years after becoming the President in 1998.