Miriti (West Bengal): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that Rahul Gandhi is the "new leader" of the Congress party.
The statement by the veteran Congress leader can be interpreted as projecting the young leader as the next prime ministerial candidate.
"As far as Congress is concerned, it is always having a new leadership. Rahul Gandhi is going to be a new leader," he told reporters in Miriti.
Mukherjee gave this reply in response to a question whether Congress would follow BJP to focus on new faces as future leaders.
"What BJP is doing is their internal matter," he said adding that he would not like to comment on the internal problems of that party involving L K Advani or anyone else.
Mukherjee however questioned the BJP's performance in recent assembly election in various states.
"What is their performance? In the last elections they had fought in more than 725 seats. How many have they won? Let us see their performance in the coming elections," Mukherjee said about BJP.
Regarding the Maoist problem in West Bengal, he expressed confidence in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's efficiency.
"She is efficient enough to deal with such problems and the central government will provide the state with all required assistance," the union minister said.
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