Congress' presidential poll is not 'election but coronation' of Rahul Gandhi, says BJP leader Nalin Kohli

Shillong: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nalin Kohli said on Saturday the proposed elevation of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi as the party president through an election is, in fact, a case of “coronation”. The process to elect the Congress chief was set in motion on Friday with a notification being issued. [caption id=“attachment_4239153” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Rahul and Sonai Gandhi. Reuters[/caption] “The election process is ‘rigged’ and it is meant only to announce his promotion as party president…It is coronation, not election,” he told journalists. Kohli also described the Congress as a “family-run enterprise”. “The BJP is a genuinely democratic party and no one came into the party only on the basis of coming from a particular family,” he said. The Congress election is likely to take place next week.