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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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday pulled up former Union minister Shashi Tharoor over the leak of his views against party's stalling tactics in Parliament in the media."Sonia Gandhi, who generally does not
New Delhi: With Congress threatening to stall parliament proceedings over Lalit Modi row, Vyapam scam, Sonia Gandhi's son-in law Robert Vadra took pot-shots at the Narendra Modi government accusing it of using inquiries against his
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi indicated that the party was set to continue its aggressive stand against the government as it displayed in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.At a strategy meet amid turbulence in the
Bhubaneswar: Twelve Congress legislators from Odisha met party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanding the removal of the party chief whip in the state assembly. The legislators met Sonia and
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday greeted the people on the occasion of Navakalebar Rath Yatra and Eidd-ul-Fitr. Extending her greetings on the occasion of Navakalebar Rath Yatra, Gandhi said she hoped “Bhagwan Jagannath's
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a dig at the culture of dynastic politics and appeared to target Congress by taking a veiled swipe at Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra who is embroiled in
New Delhi: Congress top brass including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh today held a meeting to chalk out the party's strategy for Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next Tuesday.The party is attempting to
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday expressed shock over the loss of lives in a stampede in Andhra Pradesh and extended her condolences to the bereaved families.In a message, she said she hoped
1. Kumbh Mela kicked-off today; Rajnath Singh and Fadnavis as chief guestsNashik: The much awaited Simhastha Kumbh parva at the Kumbhmela begun today morning at 6.16 am when the Jupiter (Bruhaspati), Sun and Moon enter
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party today stayed away from the Iftar dinner hosted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi but other Janata Parivar outfits like RJD and JD-U including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were prominent among
Opposition to strategise on Parliament session at Sonia Gandhi's Iftar todayNew Delhi: With the Modi government battling propriety issues over the Lalit Modi row and the furore on Vyapam scam, leaders of "like-minded" parties will
New Delhi: With the Modi government battling propriety issues over the Lalit Modi row and the furore on Vyapam scam, leaders of "like-minded" parties will meet for Congress president Sonia Gandhi's Iftar dinner tomorrow where
Patna: RJD President Lalu Prasad, a host of Bihar ministers and Congress leaders today attended the Iftar party hosted by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here.State Congress president Ashok Choudhary, Congress Legislature Party leader Sadanand
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad today rejected reports that he was not attending 'iftaar' party hosted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on July 13 over differences cropping up between the two parties."I
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul and Priyanka are back to the national capital after their "short international visit".While Rahul Gandhi arrived today, Sonia and Priyanka, who had left before Rahul, returned yesterday.On
New Delhi: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi has said BJP MP Varun Gandhi met him in London "a few years ago" and offered to "settle everything" with Congress president Sonia Gandhi."@varungandhi80 came to see me
Shimla: The local administration of Shimla has been told to provide within 10 days information about the land purchase by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra near this popular hill station, the Himachal Pradesh
New Delhi: On the back foot in the row over its leaders' purported help to Lalit Modi, BJP today alleged links between the former IPL boss and the Gandhi family as it pointed to claims
New Delhi: India is unlikely to see the imposition of another Emergency due to changes made in the Constitution and people being more vigilant, veteran journalist and political commentator Kuldip Nayar has said, noting that
New Delhi: Indira Gandhi's private secretary RK Dhawan has said that no one from Gandhi-Nehru family can claim their innocence or ignorance at the time of Emergency in 1975.Dhawan claimed that Rajiv Gandhi and his
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