AICC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes today said that with the chorus for AICC Genral Secretary Rahul Gandhi playing a greater role in the Congress growing louder, he will give the party ‘leadership’ which means everything for it. Asked about Rahul Gandhi’s readiness to play a more proactive role in the party and the Government, the senior Congress leader considered close to the Gandhi family, said that ‘he is giving us leadership’. On what Rahul’s larger role meant for the Congress, Mr Fernandes said that ‘it means everything for us’. Earlier this week, Rahul said that ‘I will play a more proactive role in the party and the government. The decision has been taken, the timing is up to my two bosses — the Congress President and the Prime Minister’. Meanwhile, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily said that Mr Rahul has to take a ‘decisive role’. Mr moily told reporters here that Mr Rahul has had an ‘enough innings’ in the party and he has ignited the spirit and passion among the youth of the country.
‘The entire nation wants him to take a more proactive role so that he can be either in the Government or in the organisation. ‘He has to take a decisive role so that the aspirations, particularly of the youth, can be responded to.’ UNI