While there are various regional personalities who could campaign for the party in southern states, there is certainly no national leader who can galvanise cadres across the south the way Gandhi has
His test will be to help shape the Opposition front's strategy to corner the government. And to keep from sagging the newly-minted Opposition unity. This dual role poses a challenge Rahul will need to step up to, perhaps by doing things a little differently
The stay on his conviction will allow Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The 53-year-old former Congress President is also set to make his return to the Lok Sabha.
Gandhi on Friday got a huge relief from the Supreme Court after it stayed his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark and paved the way for his reinstatement as a Lok Sabha MP