Rahul Gandhi faces these 5 key challenges as Congress president

Gandhi, 47, will be the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to take the top position of the 132-year-old party

Rahul Gandhi took over as the Congress party's president on Saturday, carrying the baton forward from his mother and the party's longest-serving chief, Sonia Gandhi, who has been keeping unwell in recent years.

With the elevation done and dusted, the Gandhi scion faces several key challenges ahead as the Grand Old Party continues to struggle against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 
 

Gandhi's elevation comes just two days before the counting of votes in the crucial Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, which his party is projected to lose by various exit polls. 

Gandhi, 47, will be the