Congress will not diclare Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate: Digvijay

New Delhi: The Congress will not declare Rahul Gandhi as its Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, senior party leader Digvijay Singh hinted on Friday.

He was replying to questions why Congress was diffident about projecting Rahul Gandhi, why it should not project him and who is the PM candidate of Congress.

Singh also gave indications that the Congress was not averse to doing business with the Left after the next elections and apprehended that the advent of Modi could lead to communal polarization in the polls.

Asked about Modi’s elevation as election campaign chief of BJP, just a step short of announcing him the prime ministerial candidate, Singh said, “We are not concerned. It is not an issue with us. BJP is free to take any decision. We are in the politics of ideology and not personality. Congress party does not believe in the politics of polarization.”