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Rahul Gandhi took charge as the president of Congress in the presence of the 132-year-old party's top brass and his family members. The Congress' central election authority (CEA) handed him over the certificate of his elevation to the top post during a grand event held at the lawns of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters here. 47-year-old Rahul Gandhi was handed over the certificate in the presence of his mother and predecessor Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and other senior party leaders. (Image: Twitter/Congress)
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Newly elect Congress president Rahul Gandhi greets his mother and predecessor Sonia Gandhi after her speech during a grand elevation event held at the lawns of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
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While handing over the certificate, CEA chairman Mullappally Ramachandran termed the moment as "historic". (Image: Twitter/Congress)
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Newly elect Congress president Rahul Gandhi greets his mother and predecessor Sonia Gandhi, and former prime minister Manmohan Singh during a grand event held at the lawns of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
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Rahul Gandhi entered electoral politics in 2004. (Image: Twitter/Congress)
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Rahul Gandhi succeeds Sonia Gandhi, who led the party for the last 19 years. (PTI Photo)
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was also seen at Congress HQ at Akbar Road for the Congress president Rahul Gandhi's elevation ceremony. (Image: Twitter/Congress)
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Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra at newly elect Congress president Rahul Gandhi's elevation ceremony held at the lawns of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
Rahul was appointed as the party general secretary in 2007 and was elevated as its vice president in January 2013. In this photo Congress leader P Chidambaram and Sachin pilot can be seen at the ceremony. (Image: Twitter/Congress) -
There was chaos outside the AICC headquarters where the Congress workers gathered in large numbers for the event, making it difficult even for the senior party leaders to enter the venue. (Image: Twitter/Congress)
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Meanwhile, parts of Lutyens' Delhi were dotted with posters hailing Rahul Gandhi's ascension with some of them describing the development as the beginning of a New India. (Image: Twitter/Congress)
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