India's Rahul Gandhi calls for change as he quits as Congress leader


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  • Wednesday, 03 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: Rahul Gandhi, President of India's main opposition Congress party, pauses as he takes a question during a news conference at his party's headquarters in New Delhi, India, February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rahul Gandhi, leader of India's opposition Congress party, said on Wednesday he had asked party bosses to find a successor after he took responsibility for losing a general election that has left the party in crisis.

Gandhi, the fourth generation scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, released a public letter to colleagues in which he appeared determined to relinquish his family's control over the 133-year old party and called for its radical transformation.

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