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Rahul Gandhi May Join India Cabinet After Party’s Win (Update1) May 17 (Bloomberg) — Rahul Gandhi, heir to India’s leading political family, may join the government after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lauded his role in the ruling Congress Party’s biggest election victory in almost two decades. Gandhi “should be in the cabinet, but I will have to persuade him,” Singh said in New Delhi yesterday after declaring victory. Gandhi, 38, declined to say whether he would accept, telling reporters his focus remained on attracting youthful voters to Congress. “My job as I see it now is changing the politics of the country through the youngsters,” who comprise 70 percent of India’s 1.2 billion population, he said in remarks broadcast on Indian news channels from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Congress’ victory, with Gandhi as its chief campaigner, may pave his way to succeed Singh, 76, as head of the world’s largest democracy. The party won 60 more seats than in 2004, sidelining its main f
