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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Rae Bareli (UP): A meeting of the monitoring committee of Rae Bareli, chaired by its Lok Sabha member Sonia Gandhi, today expressed concern over the Centre's failure to release Rs 61 crore under PM Gramin
Lucknow: A day after the Congress Working Committee gave her a one-year extension as party president, Sonia Gandhi reached her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.She unveiled the statues of her late
Sonia Gandhi on 2-day visit to Rae BareliRae Bareli (UP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi will unveil a statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and attend a meeting of the vigilance and monitoring committee during
PM Modi asks industry leaders to take risk, make investmentsNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met top CEOs, bankers, economists and ministers to discuss ways to bolster the economy amid global slowdown.The meeting, with
New Delhi: Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi over her "hawa baazi" (hot air) remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said the Congress president's comments as always would help the
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the 'later has been reduced to unedifying flip flop'."The Prime Minister has been reduced to unedifying flip-flops creating confusion on what he
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is likely to extend term of party president Sonia Gandhi by a year at its meeting on Tuesday, party sources said.The CWC, which is the Congress' highest decision-making
Lahore: Sonia Gandhi married Rajiv because he was a "handsome young man", according to an account by former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri who cites a light- hearted quip made by the Congress President.Kasuri's meeting
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee is likely to extend party president Sonia Gandhi's term by another year when it meets here on September 8. The current term of Sonia, who has been at the
Patna: The LJP on Sunday claimed Congress president Sonia Gandhi was 'insulted' by the organisers at the Grand Secular Alliance's 'Swabhiman Rally' at Gandhi Maidan by making her speak before the leaders of JD(U) and
Patna: Sharing a stage for the first time, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of failing to fulfil
Patna: Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he had insulted the people of Bihar with his comments on DNA. Her latest attack on Mr Modi
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, RJD supremo Lalu Yadav and Congress president Sonia Gandhi together launched their campaign for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections at Gandhi Maidan in Patna today.The rally, dubbed as the
PM Modi to share view in Mann ki Baat todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his views in the 11th edition of 'Mann ki Baat' programme on All India Radio on today. Sonia Gandhi
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, RJD supremo Lalu Yadav and Congress president Sonia Gandhi together will launch their campaign for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections at Gandhi Maidan in Patna today.The rally, dubbed as
Patna: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to attend the August 30 "Swabhiman" rally of the grand alliance of the RJD, JD-U, Congress and Samajwadi Party here."Sonia Gandhi is likely to share dais with (Bihar
Amethi: A revenue court today ordered return of the land sold to Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust by an industrial house to Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC).The order passed by sub-divisional magistrate, Gauriganj, Vandita
New York: A US court of appeals in New York has affirmed a district court's order and dismissed Nov 1984 anti-Sikh violence case against Congress party president Sonia Gandhi for lack of subject matter jurisdiction."Upon
New Delhi:The Union government will convene a special session of parliament to pass the goods and services tax (GST) bill - a constitutional amendment - only after a consensus is achieved among all political parties,
New Delhi: Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has welcomed the government's move to strip him off the privilege of not being frisked at airports, saying he had been waiting for this as
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