Congress decision on Rahul Gandhi is final: Sonia

Around 2,500 Congress workers and office bearers are attending the session at the Talkatora indoor stadium.

The stadium reverberated with calls of "Rahul Gandhi, Zindabad!" as the proceedings began. The slogans continued intermittently as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram addressed the meet.

With the clamour unending, Rahul Gandhi got up to say that he will speak at 3.30 p.m. "I will talk to you about the issues you are raising."

A large poster at the venue called for Rahul Gandhi's nomination as the Congress prime ministerial nominee.