Former Union Law Minister and Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on March 01 said that party leader Rahul Gandhi should return as president of Congress, in view of the deteriorating political situation in the country. "Considering the deteriorating political situation in the country and the role that Congress is expected to perform in galvanising the opposition against BJP, it is necessary for Rahul Gandhi to shed any ambivalence and resume the office of Congress president," said Ashwini Kumar. "Congress has been debating the issues of its future leadership since Rahul Gandhi resigned as the party president. Even at that time, there was unanimity within the party that Rahul Gandhi should continue as the party chief," the congress leader further said.