Rahul has declined my offer to become minister:Sonia

New Delhi, Apr 6 (UNI) UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said her son and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has declined her offer to become a Union Minister.

''I would have liked him in the Union Cabinet but he strongly feels that since he has been given a major responsibility in the party, especially that of strengthening the Youth Congress, he should not join the government,'' she told reporters after the swearing in of seven new Ministers of State at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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