Puducherry Cong backs Rahul Gandhi for party chief post

Days after the announcement of the schedule for Congress President's election, the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) today extended support to Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for the top post.
At a meeting of the PPCC here, a resolution to this effect, moved by PWD Minister and PCC president A Namassivayam, was adopted unanimously, a party release said.
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, Ministers, party MLAs and PCC members were present.
The meeting appealed to all the state-levelunits of the party in the country to back Gandhi's elevation to pilot the party as its president, the release said.
The Congress Working Committee on November 20 announced the schedule for the election of party president as Gandhi looked set to take over the reins of the party from his mother Sonia Gandhi on December 5.

Party sources have said Rahul Gandhi is likely to be the sole candidate in the fray and is "deemed to be the next party chief on December 5.