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Rahul not reluctant to be PM after next LS polls: Dikshit

New Delhi: As Rahul Gandhi continues to be the star campaigner for Congress, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said he was not reluctant to take up the post of Prime Minister if the party decides



Heaping praise on Rahul, 75-year-old Dikshit said he was working tirelessly for the party and insisted that Congress does not have a tradition of announcing Prime Ministerial candidate beforehand.

“He has been made the Vice President of the party six months back. He is getting into that role.Let's not talk of who is going to be the Prime Minister.  “We are going to strive hard to win the next general elections,” she said, adding “I would like him to become Prime Minister because he is our next generation leader.”

 Asked whether the thought of becoming Prime Minister ever crossed her mind, Dikshit replied in negative.  “No. It really did not. There can be speculation and all kinds of things. I do my work like I think all politicians do,” she said.