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The contenders for the country's top job is being minutely analysed after the Congress debacle in the Assembly elections.
This was quite evident as after the poor show of Congress in assembly election results,Congress president Sonia Gandhi said people need not worry as, at an opportune time, the name of the prime ministerial candidate” will be announced.
"We will make a statement. The party has to decide. The party will decide at the opportune time,” she said.
There are the four names that are being considered for Rahul Gandhi’s Manmohan — finance minister P Chidambaram, defence minister A K Antony, and home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and UDAI chairman and brain behind Aadhar ,Nandan Nilekani.
Stunned by the drubbing in assembly polls, top leadership of the Congress on Sunday pledged “deep introspection” with a view to “transform” the party to rectify its mistakes ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
With Rahul Gandhi's taking the charge of transforming the Congress party an outsourced Prime Minister may thus be Rahul’s smart way or The country's first family's clever move of blunting the attacks on dynasty.
Nandan Nilekani,an alumnus of IIT has no political base of his own and has a clean image .
But Nandan is likely to face much opposition from senior and experienced congress leaders . Another contender Palaniappan Chidambaram is the star performer of the UPA. Be it in Home or in Finance, Chidambaram is a highly efficient and clear minded minister, having an impressive knowledge of governance and adminstration. Chidambaram is not a mass leader thus not a threat to political party and the key point is he is loyal to 10 Jan Path .