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) - After years in the shadows as a reluctant heir-apparent, India's Rahul Gandhi is set to lead the ruling Congress party's campaign in a general election it has only a slim chance of winning.
Congress, in power for the last decade, is struggling in opinion polls ahead of elections due by May, with a string of corruption scandals and a reputation for poor governance engulfing its administration.
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