From 'reluctant prince' to party chief: Rahul spells hope for Congress

Once dubbed the "reluctant prince", Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took over the reins of the Congress, signalling not just the coming of age of the heir apparent, but a generational change in the 132-year-old party. The new party president, the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to lead the political outfit, takes charge from his mother Sonia Gandhi at a time when the party is facing one of its worst crises, with the BJP occupying the centrestage of national and state politics.