Rahul willing to be PM, attacks Modi for seeking all power

"There is no marketing. No glitz. That I admit," he said, adding: "There will be little anti-incumbency. We have to accept that."

Gandhi said "corruption was a reality" and the party has created an institutional framework to fight it.

He also said he had been striving to make the political system more inclusive but it was a big battle, noting how a handful of people in BJP, Congress and other parties choose Lok Sabha and assembly candidates.

"There is need to empower thousands of people. Modi says give me all power, I will be the watchman," Gandhi said.