For India's Congress party, soul-searching and questions about Gandhi


  • World
  • Saturday, 05 Apr 2014

AURANGABAD, India (Reuters) - On the eve of India's mammoth general election, even some members of the ruling Congress party appear to have accepted it will not return to power, raising a question mark on the future of its leader, Rahul Gandhi.

The frontrunner to become prime minister after the five-week election starting on Monday is opposition Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi, although opinion polls suggest he will fall short of a majority and will need to form a coalition.

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