NEW DELHI, Nov 7: Senior Congress leader and MP K C Venugopal claimed that Rahul Gandhi would become prime minister after the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.
Responding to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remark that Gandhi could become prime minister only in a “mock parliament”, Venugopal said he was ready to put his prediction in writing.
“Amit Shah should wait a little. I am ready to give it in writing that Rahul Gandhi will become the Prime Minister of India. Shah and Modi should then worry about what will happen to them. Wait till 2029,” he said in an interview with Hindustan Times, according to a Navbharat Times report.
Venugopal said the political fight being waged by the Congress and other opposition parties was not only for power but also to protect democracy in the country.
He said the movement led by the Congress and other opposition parties over allegations of vote theft would continue and be expanded to the states.
Opposition parties have accused the Election Commission of deleting many names from electoral rolls through the Special Intensive Revision process. They have also demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Venugopal said the opposition was preparing to raise the issue in the upcoming session of Parliament. He hoped that leaders and workers of the INDIA alliance, along with people from different sections of society, would join the movement once its programme was announced.
