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: Former chairman of Press Council of India and retired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju has hit out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, by saying that the party cannot
New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and charged that the NDA government has "dictatorial" tendencies even as her party's leaders met here to draw up
New Delhi: Hitting back at Congress for its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP today said the opposition party was acting as a “road-block” to development and questioned its chief Sonia Gandhi's “silence” on
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday appointed party general secretary Ajay Maken as chairman of the Delhi campaign committee, said party leader P.C. Chacko."We have constitued a campaign committee for Delhi elections. Ajay Maken
New Delhi: A crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will be held today which is expected to deliberate on the roadmap to revamp the party in the wake of its worst debacle in
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today said entire Congress will welcome party vice-president Rahul Gandhi whenever he opts for the post of party president.Everyone in Congress is united for this leader, who is
Kanpur: Congress leader and former Union Minister Rajeev Shukla today said that it is for the party high command to decide whether Rahul Gandhi should be made President of the party.“Party leaders have been demanding
New Delhi: With youths virtually deserting it in last Lok Sabha polls, Congress is betting big on young voters in its revival plan to counter the Narendra Modi “wave” that has led to a trail
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to party chiefs in states seeking their opinion on ways to increase accountability of leaders at various levels, organisational reforms and way forward to expand its base.In
New Delhi: Struggling to recover from its worst electoral debacle, Congress leadership has outlined a blueprint to revamp the party and redraft its socio-economic policies amid reports that Rahul Gandhi may be elevated to the
Lucknow: Congress became “weak” in the country because of “certain wrongs” of the UPA-II leading to its present scenario, senior party leader Janardan Dwivedi today said as he spoke of the need to launch a
Agartala: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed MLA Birjit Sinha as president of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee to strengthen the party organisation in the Left-ruled state, a spokesman said Saturday."Sonia Gandhi Friday appointed Birjit Sinha,
New Delhi: Congress on Friday did not rule out the possibility of Rahul Gandhi becoming the next party chief, taking over the reins from his mother Sonia Gandhi, who has been the party's longest-serving president.Party
New Delhi: A meeting of the Congress Working Committee is being held here on January 13 in the backdrop of the controversial land ordinance emerging as a rallying point for opposition unity.The meeting convened by
New Delhi: BJP today questioned Congress President Sonia Gandhi's “silence” on statements of prominent party leaders “justifying” the Paris terror attack on journalists and demanded a response from her even as it asked the opposition
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday congratulated Maithripala Sirisena on his “emphatic and historic victory” in Sri Lanka's presidential election.In a statement, Gandhi extended her greetings to the people of Sri Lanka and applauded
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today condemned the terror attack on a newspaper office in Paris and said extremism and intolerance will never be able to curb freedom of expression.“Congress President Sonia Gandhi has
New Delhi: The Rajasthan Government has cancelled mutation of land purchased by Robert Vadra's company Skylight Hospitality in Bikaner district on the grounds that it was allegedly bought through doubtful land deals.Vadra is son- is-law
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has issued notice to a business firm owned by Robert Vadra as part of its probe to understand the “financial structure” of the company and real estate projects undertaken
New Delhi: With its back to the wall, Congress has decided to declare names of candidates for all 81 assembly seats in Delhi even before the election dates are announced to give them more time
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