India’s Congress party appoints Sonia Gandhi interim chief

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party on Saturday appointed Sonia Gandhi as interim president until it elects a new party chief.
The party accepted the resignation of her son Rahul Gandhi, who quit as party president in July after its crushing defeat in national elections.He continues to be a member of Parliament.
Party spokesman K.C. Venugopal told reporters that the party working committee requested 72-year-old Sonia Gandhi take over as interim president in a stop