Congress saving Rahul Gandhi for future: BJP

The BJP said the Congress did not declare Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate because they were saving him for "future elections".

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday said the Congress did not declare Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate because they were saving him for "future elections". "Defeat is written on Congress` face," Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prakash Javadekar said.

"They want to save their only leader for future elections, they know what the results are going to be," he told a news agency. The Congress has announced that Rahul Gandhi, its vice president, will lead the party in the Lok Sabha election this year but won`t be the prime ministerial candidate.