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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Prashant Kishor has said that he got a chance to contest 11 elections in 10 years out of which only one was lost in 2017 of UP which was with Congress.
Will Congress go to the elections under the leadership of Ashok Gehlot or Sachin Pilot or will adopt the formula of collective leadership, will be finalised soon.
At its strategy meeting in Udaipur, Congress had decided to have a political affairs committee in every state and the Centre to discuss ways forward.
Addressing the closing session of the party's three-day ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir' here, Gandhi said, “We have to accept that the Congress’ connection with the people has been broken.” “Our fight is for ideology. We have to go to the people and sit with them, the connection the party had with people has to be re-established,” he said.
The Chintan Shivir, organized in Udaipur after the gap of nine years, was attended by around 430 leaders and has prepared a "six draft resolution" which has been submitted to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi
Congress' three-day Chintan Shivir begins today in Udaipur which will emphasize on discussions over 'communal polarization', farmers' issues and strengthening the party for the upcoming elections.
The focus of Chintan Shivir is to formulate an action plan for the party, and steps to be taken to strengthen the organisation.
In her opening remarks, Sonia Gandhi said that the deliberations will be in six groups, which will take up political, economic, social justice, farmers, youth, and organizational issues.
Modi ji, you used to criticise Manmohan ji when ₹ fell. Now ₹ is at its lowest ever value. But I won't criticise you blindly, Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.
Congress stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Harsh Mahajan remained Congress MLA from Chamba Assembly constituency thrice, winning consecutively in 1993, 1998 and 2003.
The Congress on Tuesday officially announced that election strategist will not be working for the party as he declined to be part of the Empowered Action Group for the 2024 general elections.
Prashant Kishor was keen to join the Congress and had desired to do so without any expectations but things didn't take off.
The speculations of a leadership change were sparked after former deputy CM Sachin Pilot met with Congress President Sonia Gandhi a couple of days ago.
Rajasthan's former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot met interim Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. The two senior Congress leaders discussed how to take the party forward to win 2023 polls.
The poll strategist, who has planned the electoral strategies of various parties, including the Trinamool Congress, AAP and DMK, wants to come into the Congress and help it
While Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka both were present in the previous meeting but in today's meet, only Priyanka Gandhi was there.
Mufti spent some time with Gandhi and is learnt to have discussed the current political situation in the country with the Congress president.
Taking a political jibe at the opposition leaders, Anurag Thakur said that the opposition was busy in baseless accusations.
Sonia Gandhi also hit out at the BJP, saying the ruling party's "divisive agenda" has become a regular feature of political discourse.
The G-23 leaders, who are seeking organisational reforms, had held meetings earlier this month following Congress’s dismal performance in the Assembly elections in five states.
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