New Delhi, May 19: Putting an end to all speculation, the Congress has said that Dr Manmohan Singh would be the parliamentary party leader as Sonia Gandhi refused to change her mind. The stamp of approval has also been put with Somnath Chatterjee announcing that Dr Singh would also be the leader of the United Progressive Alliance. This was decided after senior leaders like Ambika Soni, Pranab Mukherjee and Somnath Chatterjee met party president Sonia Gandhi at her residence today afternoon where Sonia today rejected the congress leaders` demand for reconsideration of her decision not to take up Prime Ministership. "The Congress president has rejected the demand of Congress leaders and workers from throughout the country to take back her decision not to accept Prime Minstership," Oscar Fernandes, AICC general secretary told reporters emerging from a meeting of top Congress leaders with Gandhi in which they appealed to her to change her mind. Bureau Report