Did we hear right? Sonia calling it quits?

Nava Raipur: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi expressed gratification on Saturday that her innings could conclude with the “Bharat Jodo Yatra”, as the party showered praise on the septuagenarian for the achievements after she became its president 25 years ago.
Addressing party leaders and workers at the 85th plenary session of the Congress here, Gandhi congratulated Mallikarjun Kharge as the new party chief and hoped that with his long experience, he would lead the young generation in taking the party forward.
After a video was played at the plenary session on her contributions to the party, Gandhi said she must express her gratitude for all that has been said about her tenure as the Congress president and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regimes.“This also shows how old I have become and now, young people under the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge must come forward,” she said.The former Congress chief was all praise for Kharge’s journey from the grassroots levels to the top party post.“I had the honour of taking office as the party president for the first time in 1998. Over these 25 years, our party has seen times of high achievement and deep disappointment…. Our victory in (the) 2004 and 2009 (Lok Sabha polls), along with the able leadership of (former prime minister) Manmohan Singh, gives me personal satisfaction, but what gratifies me the most is that my innings could conclude with the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which came at a crucial point,” she said. As her comments were interpreted by some as alluding to her retirement from active politics, a senior Congress leader clarified that Gandhi’s remarks were in the context of her tenure as the party chief.