New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC)chief Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday congratulated Rahul Gandhi for standing firmon his ground to leave the Congress party's president post, and said the Gandhiscion will work towards rebuilding the party and could become Congress chief infuture. "Congratulations to him that he stood by his decision.

He is young; he can become president again in future. He hadalways wanted someone else in that position, I can't say that defeat did this.

I think he'll now work towards building the party," theKashmiri leader told. Gandhi today in a statement announced that he is nolonger the president of Congress, and urged the Congress Working Committee toconvene a meeting at the earliest to decide on the next party chief. Gandhialso removed 'Congress President' from his Twitter bio, and also tookresponsibility for party's dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections.