No marriage or children for India's Rahul Ghandi? Mr Gandhi, a 42-year-old bachelor, was recently named to the number two post in the ruling Congress party, which is headed by his mother, Sonia Gandhi. Mr Gandhi again dodged questions about his own aspirations, saying he was not focused on becoming prime minister in remarks likely to worry party leaders who are betting on his star power a year ahead of polls. "Asking me whether I want to be prime minister is a wrong question," he told party members in New Delhi. Some analysts interpreted the comment as signalling that Rahul would seek to follow his mother's example by nominating a prime ministerial candidate while wielding power behind the scenes. Sonia Gandhi named Manmohan Singh as prime minister after elections in 2004. Mr Gandhi is heir to a dynasty that began with India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. His father Rajiv and grandmother Indira were both prime ministers and were both assassinated. Mr Gandhi's private life is a tightly guarded secret and little appears in the local press, although he said in 2004 he was dating a Spanish woman called Veronique, an architect who grew up in Venezuela.