Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician of Italian descent. By way of her marriage to Rajiv Gandhi, she is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family. She was a former president of the Congress party. In 1998, she took over as the party leader and remained in office for a record nineteen years. Under her leadership, the party formed the government post the 2004 elections. She has since been credited for being instrumental in formulating the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). After the 2004 victory, Gandhi declined the premiership and instead led the ruling alliance and the National Advisory Council. In 2009, UPA was re-elected to power. Her foreign birth has been a subject of much debate and controversy. In December 2017, she stepped down as the Congress president. Sonia Gandhi has been widely described as one of the most powerful politicians in the country. She is also listed among the most powerful women in the world. Early life: She was born in a small village near Vicenza, Italy and was raised in a Roman Catholic Christian family. For higher education, she moved to Cambridge and in 1968, married Rajiv Gandhi. After marriage, she took up Indian citizenship and began living in India. Following her husband's assassination, she finally agreed to join politics in 1997.
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Sources said Murmu called them up personally and spoke to them before filing her nomination for the July 18 presidential election.
The 75-year-old Congress president, who was supposed to depose before the agency on Thursday, wrote a letter seeking more time on the grounds that the doctors had "strictly advised her to rest at home following her hospitalisation on account of Covid and lung infection".
The invitation to G7 Summit is in keeping with the tradition of strong and close partnership and high-level political contacts between India and Germany.
Congress has accused the Centre of targeting opposition leaders by misusing investigative agencies.
In a statement, Sonia Gandhi said: "I'm sad that govt ignored your voice & announced a new scheme that is completely directionless... I appeal to all of you to protest peacefully in a non-violent manner. Indian National Congress is with you."
Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on June 12 after bleeding from her nose following a recent Covid infection.
Hundreds of Congress workers in Delhi and state capitals took to the streets and several senior leaders, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Randeep Surjewala and K C Venugopal, were detained in Delhi amid a massive show of strength by the party which had called for the Satyagraha march against the ED summons.
Chidambaram, who along with party colleagues participated in a protest march as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED, said three big, burly policemen crashed into him and he was lucky to get away with a "suspected hairline crack".
Sonia Gandhi was to appear before ED on June 8 and had sought more time from the probe agency, which has now issued a fresh summons for her to appear on June 23.
Gandhi has been given the fresh date for June 23 to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi where her statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, officials said.
Sonia Gandhi, who was summoned by the ED in a case related to the National Herald newspaper, had tested Covid positive on June 2.
The Congress chief, who was summoned by the ED in a case related to the National Herald newspaper, had tested Covid positive on June 2.
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has passed a resolution to make Rahul Gandhi, the president of Congress Party.
Rahul Gandhi was earlier asked to depose on June 2 but the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad seat in Kerala sought a fresh date as he was out of the country.
The former Union minister is part of the 'G-23', a group of dissident leaders who are pressing for organizational reforms in the Grand Old Party which has suffered one electoral setback after another in the recent years.
Congress president has isolated herself and has been given requisite medical attention.
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi received a summon from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the National Herald case, which was closed by the investigating agency in 2015.
Sonia Gandhi has been asked to depose before the ED on June 8 while Rahul Gandhi is understood to have been asked to appear earlier.
After ending his 25-yrs long association, in a letter to Sonia Gandhi, he said, in the recent past he has been finding himself "lacking in passion", while his own performance has been "listless and perfunctory".
Apart from the three Congress leaders including Vivek Tankha (Madhya Pradesh), P Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and Jairam Ramesh (Karnataka), the remaining candidates have not been given tickets from their home states for Rajya Sabha elections.
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