ON THE RECORD | SUNIL JAKHAR: How Sonia Gandhi was chosen Congress boss

Senior party leader Sunil Jakhar shares inside details of the marathon Congress Working Committee meeting that went on to choose Sonia Gandhi has the interim Congress president. 'Need of the hour is to carry the party along and Sonia Gandhi has earned her place,' he said. Sunil Jakhar was in conversation with Hindustan Times' political editor Sunetra Choudhury in the first episode of ON THE RECORD, a weekly political talk show. Jakhar added that Sonia Gandhi was chosen to lead the party in trying time as this was not a time for experiments.