Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C), Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (R) and her son, lawmaker Rahul Gandhi, attend a meeting of the extended Congress Working Committee in New Delhi January 16, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Rahul Gandhi will lead the Congress party's campaign for national elections due by May, but he will not be formally announced as the party's candidate for prime minister, a senior party leader said on Thursday.
"The 2014 election campaign will be led by Mr Rahul Gandhi," Janardan Dwivedi told reporters after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, but added that it was not in the party's tradition to name candidates for prime minister.
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