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'Rahul will become the PM'

Amid renewed debate over the Congress's prime ministerial candidate, the party on Tuesday expressed confidence that 'only' Rahul Gandhi will become the prime minister of India and take the country forward.

"All the workers and leaders of the Congress wish from the core of their heart that Rahul Gandhi becomes the prime minister of the country. We are confident that only Rahul will become the prime minister of the country," Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters.

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'Rahul will be a competent PM'

"He has, in him, all the qualities required to be the prime minister. Rahul Gandhi has in own way of thinking and is farsighted. We are confident that whenever he becomes the prime minister, Rahul will be a competent prime minister and will take the country forward," he said.

The issue of Rahul's projection as the prime ministerial candidate seemed to take a different turn, with the Congress leader himself telling party MPs a few days ago that his focus was to strengthen the party and it was wrong to ask him about the prime ministership.

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'Why won't he become prime minister'?

All India Congress Committee general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday told reporters that Rahul had never refused the top post.

"He (Rahul) has never refused it. If the people of this country want it, then why won't he become (prime minister)," Singh said, suggesting that his earlier remarks were misinterpreted.

Singh had on Monday told a television channel that he strongly feels that when the time comes and if the Congress gets a majority or it is in a position to form the government, "Rahul Gandhi should take the call" (about becoming PM).

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