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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In her condolence message for Patel, who served as her political secretary for years, Gandhi said, "In Shri Ahmed Patel, I have lost a colleague, whose entire life was dedicated to the Congress Party."
While former finance minister P Chidambaram, and party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Digvijaya Singh will be part of the economic affairs committee, Jairam Ramesh will be its convener.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been advised to shift out of Delhi for a few days to avoid the heavy pollution in the national capital in view of her chronic chest infection, party sources said on Friday.
A meeting of the Congress' Special Committee will be held today amid the voices of discontent emerging within the party post a dismal performance in the Bihar assembly election and other bypolls. According to news agency ANI, the meeting will take place at 5 pm through video conferencing but the agenda is not clear.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has opened up about the Maha Vikas Aghadi (Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) government in the state saying that both NCP and his party were not happy to be part of the government with Shiv Sena but just to keep BJP out of power, they (Congress) agreed to be part of the MVA government.
In a veiled but blunt message, PM Modi said generations of corruption has become a part of political tradition in many states.
Just a day before Bihar goes to the polls for the first phase, Congress president Sonia Gandhi released a video message and lashed out at the Bihar government for riding "high on power and ego".
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has attacked the Modi government for what she called "targeting political opponents and civil society members" and cautioned that the world's largest democracy was at the crossroads as "dissent was stifled as terrorism or branded anti-national activity".
Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Imarti Devi has taken strong objection to former CM Kamal Nath's comments referring to her as an "item". Fuming over the statement, the BJP leader demanded Congress President Sonia Gandhi to oust Kamal Nath from the party.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has launched a scathing attack on the Modi government, saying the Indian democracy is passing through its 'most difficult phase'.
The Congress party may have a new president by January 2021, sources have informed. The process to conduct the elections will be over by the month of November and a new president will be in place by January next year, if everything goes as per schedule.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Prime Minister on new farm laws which have been enacted. In a video statement, she said the Prime Minister was doing grave injustice to farmers by implementing the black laws.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi returned from abroad early Tuesday, sources said.
China has reportedly taken down one of its website after a detailed questionnaire was sent to the email ID mentioned on contact section of the website. According to a report with The Indian Express, a Chinese website china-revival.com had received a list of questions on September 1 but did not respond. The website is now not accessible.
In an explosive revelation, over 10,000 prominent Indians including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Kovind, CDS chief Bipin Rawat others are being monitored by China via a Shenzen-based technology company (Zhenhua) with links to the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has left for the United States for a routine medical check-up, sources said on Saturday. Sonia Gandhi, 73, is expected to be away for around a fortnight and would miss more than half of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said he would consider tendering an apology only if actress Kangana Ranaut does so for her "insulting" remarks against Mumbai and Maharashtra.
Nine senior Congress leaders, expelled from the party last year, have sent a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi asking her to save the party before its slips into "history".
Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee, who was suffering through ill health and undergoing treatment at Delhi's Army Hospital, died on August 31 (Monday), his son Abhijit Mukherjee announced.
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi in a video message posted on Congress official Twitter handle has appealed to the Centre to listen to the students' concern on holding key competitive examination like JEE, NEET. In the video message, Sonia Gandhi said, "students are our future, we depend on them to build a better India, therefore, if any decision has to be taken regarding their future it is important that it is taken with their concurrence."
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