Congress not underdog: Rahul

Asked if the Congress could “do business” with TMC and DMK again, Gandhi replied, “We are always willing to work with people who share our ideology and political philosophy, who are determined to fight sectarian and communal forces that seek to divide India for narrow political gains.”

When reminded that the party's highest decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, was a nominated one and no elections had been held to it for long despite his crusade for inner-party democracy, Gandhi agreed “100 per cent” that the CWC should be an elected body and that he was working towards that.

“The entire Congress party is nominated today. Every structure is nominated.

To reach the point where the main institutional structure is elected, you have to have a structure below that is elected,” he said.  

The Congress campaign leader was also asked about his “lack of interest in Parliament” where his attendance was the lowest among Congress MPs.