Congress workers elated over Rahul elevation: MP leader

Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Singh today said the party workers were elated over the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as president of the political outfit.
The 47-year-old Gandhi today took as chief of the 132- year-old organisation.
The party workers are determined to make the Congress strong under the leadership of Gandhi, Singh said.
"Gandhi has accepted the challenge to build the party which has a glorious past. Congressmen are determined to walk with him to fulfil his dream," the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly said while congratulating Gandhi.
The Congressmen will fight with full vigour against reactionary forces whose actions have threatened the country's democracy, Singh said.

Meanwhile, jubilant over Gandhi's elevation, a group of Congressmen led by Yogendra Singh Chauhan distributed sweets to the people gathered at the state party headquarters here.