New Delhi: A day after the Congress insisted that Rahul Gandhi should remain party president, veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat on Thursday said the country's oldest party spank under Gandhi's leadership could also turn into a victory. Rawat said, "I reiterate what Randeep Surjewala Ji has said, that Rahul Gandhi was the party president, is and will be.
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He further said that there is a sense of Congress workers across the country to remain on Rahul Ji's president. Under his leadership, Congress could also turn the defeat into a victory. Rawat said, "Rahul Gandhi ran a good electoral campaign, though we did not succeed. Now we have to embark on the task with full enthusiasm and energy. To empower the organisation so as to thwart the propaganda of the RSS and the BJP. " Party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on a question regarding Rahul Gandhi's offer to resign, "there is no change in the situation in the aftermath of what Randeep Surjewala said yesterday. Remains the status quo. "
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In fact, while halting the speculations for the past several days over Rahul Gandhi's offer to resign, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had said on Wednesday that Gandhi was the party president, and would continue to remain. The statement was made by Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala following an informal meeting of senior party leaders led by former union minister AK Antony.