Sonia Gandhi at the age of 71, was seen riding a bicycle and smiling for a photo in an image tweeted from Goa, where she went for a break just days after handing over the reins of the Congress party to son Rahul Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi reportedly left for Goa on December 26, the day after Christmas.

The 47-year-old Gandhi’s scion will be the sixth Nehru-Gandhi scion to controls the party. His mother Sonia Gandhi and present party president Sonia Gandhi had signed the first nomination paper for the elevation as party president of her son.

The entire 90 sets of nominations were said to have been filed supporting Rahul Gandhi before the deadline ended at 3 pm on December 04. Had there been any challenge, today (December 11) would have been the last date for pulling out. Since there was no other recommendation, Rahul declared elected uncontested President today.

The filing of nomination was also put fuel on the political controversy by comments of senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar who cited the Mughal dynasty in the Congress presidential election that Prime Minister PM Narendra Modi cornered promptly to tag it "Aurangzeb Raj”