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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Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit believes that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi should be more accessible to party workers, the way Sonia Gandhi was 19 years ago.
The two discussed the current political situation in the country and also the possibility of an alliance at national level ahead of 2019 general elections.
Addressing the media here today, Barkha lashed out at the top Congress leadership and suggested that party president Sonia Gandhi arrange for ‘treatment’ for her son Rahul.
A delegation of 13 Opposition parties today met President Pranab Mukherjee and raised concerns over alleged tampering with the EVMs and sought his attention over an ‘environment of fear and insecurity’ in the country.
Congress Prresident Sonia Gandhi on Friday returned to India from the United States where she had gone for health check-up.
Taking pot-shot at the electoral acceptability of Rahul Gandhi, union minister Venkaiah Naidu today said that the Congress vice president has been running the party for last 10 years while her mother Sonia Gandhi remained President only for namesake.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be leaving for the United States today to be with his ailing mother and party President Sonia Gandhi.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has gone abroad for a “routine check-up” and is expected to return after Holi on Monday, party sources said. Though they did not let in on where Gandhi has gone for
Former Union Minister P Shivshankar passed away in Hyderabad on Monday after prolonged illness.
Playing down questions raised over Sonia Gandhi's absence from poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress today said that it was a clear sign of generational shift in the Grand Old Party.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written a ‘personal’ letter to the people of Amethi and Raebareli asking them to vote for the Congress candidates in the ongoing UP Assembly elections.
Samajwadi Party and Congress announced their alliance for Uttar Pradesh assembly polls last month, but the political bastions of the Gandhi family – Amethi and Rae Bareli – remain an unfinished agenda.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will not campaign in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, party sources have said. The Congress supremo's decision is largely seen as a move to let Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who
The alliance between the Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections hit an obstacle on Saturday as both parties failed reach a consensus on allotment of seats.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra lambasted the Narendra Modi government for the latest crisis owing to its push on cashless transactions. Referring to the refusal of petrol pumps to take debit/credit cards due
The Patiala House Court is expected to pronounce its order today in the National Herald case in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy filed an application seeking documents and ledger books from the Congress Party
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that his mother Sonia Gandhi prefers Goa over Delhi because there was “no pollution” in Goa and its people were very good.
Former Defence Minister AK Antony today defended Congress President Sonia Gandhi in AgustaWestland chopper deal and said that she had no role in its procurement. He further said that the BJP will make a
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan at the latter’s chamber in the Parliament.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her 70th birthday.
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