P.V. Narasimha Rao was nominated to take his place as President of the Congress (I) Party.
Soon afterward Singh resigned from the government altogether and left Gandhi's Congress (I) Party.
He held the post until 1982, when he became the Congress (I) Party's presidential candidate.
He rejoined the Congress (I) group in 1982, but by then his influence had diminished.
Chavan's decision to distance himself from Indira Gandhi and the Congress (I) faction turned out to be bad political judgment.
Congress and its successor Congress (Indira), or Congress (I), named after Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, who became prime minister in 1966 dominated politics in India until the 1990s.
He resigned his post as prime minister in November 1989 after the Congress (I) Party was defeated in parliamentary elections, though he remained leader of the party.
Corruption scandals rocked the Congress (I) Party, which continued its long decline in popularity and lost control of several major state governments to opposition parties in 1995.
When new elections for the Lok Sabha were held in January 1980, Gandhi and Congress (I) were swept back into power in a landslide victory.
The change is now definite with the success of the recent padyatra of the Congress (I) party, main competitor to Reddy's BJP.
"I was born in Congress, I will die in Congress".
