the Hindu: ““Asking me whether you want to be Prime Minister is a wrong question,” Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday.
The Congress Vice President made this suo motu remark while interacting with party MPs amid growing clamour in Congress for projecting him as its Prime Ministerial face before the next Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Gandhi also gave signals that he was against the “high command culture”, saying that he wants to empower more and more people than a handful, who call the shots.
The 42-year-old leader told the MPs in no uncertain terms that the organisation was his priority and he was preparing for a long haul.
“Today I see how MPs feel without power and it is the same story in all the parties, be it Congress or BJP. I want to empower the 720-odd MPs in Parliament.
“I want to give voice to the middle tier…empower the middle-level leaders. There are some parties in India which are run by one leader (BSP), two leaders (SP), five to six leaders (BJP) and 15 to 20 leaders (Congress). My priority is that I want to empower the MPs as also the 5,000-odd legislators in various states,” he said.
via Power should be with more people, not just handful: Rahul – The Hindu.
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