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: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended his greetings to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her 68th birthday today.He wished Sonia in the morning by tweeting, "Best wishes to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on
New Delhi: As Congress grapples to regain lost ground, three-time Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said a combination of Rahul Gandhi's initiatives and Sonia Gandhi's maturity and experience will help the party shore up
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the senior leadership of the party in future will emerge from Youth Congress and asked the party's youth wing to play an active role in reviving
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi today condoled the passing away of Justice V R Krishna Iyer, describing him as a “true liberal” and paying tribute to his deep commitment
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi who was to embark a two day visit to Raebareli will arrive in her parliamentary constituency today. She will arrive at Fursatganj airport at 10am and will proceed for
New Delhi: With the party's numbers down in Lok Sabha, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked MPs to be present in the House throughout the day. Gandhi, who made the point while chairing a meeting
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi today condoled the death of party veteran A R Antulay, describing him as one of the most significant leaders of Maharashtra.Sonia said she was
New Delhi: Congress today questioned the “culpable silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the controversial remarks by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and suspected a political motive behind her utterances ahead of Delhi assembly
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi tonight expressed shock and deep anguish at the killing of CRPF personnel in a Naxal attack in Sukma of Chhattisgarh Extending her condolences to the family of the deceased,
Patamda (Jharkhand): Congress President Sonia Gandhi today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has plans to privatise the coal sector to benefit a few industrialists at the cost of the people. “The Congress nationalised the
Bengaluru: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Prashant Bhushan today accused Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, of being guilty of misuse of power as he got upgrades on international sectors for himself and
Ranchi: AICC President Sonia Gandhi will today address an election rally at Patamda. Jharkhand is gearing up for second phase of Assembly polls slated for December 2.While BJP's star campaigner Narendra Modi is leaving no
New Delhi: Actor Khushboo Sundar on Wednesday officially joined the Congress, nearly six months after quitting the DMK."I finally feel I am home," she told reporters after meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi.Following her victory in
Mumbai: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will attend the funeral of veteran party leader and former union minister Murli S. Deora, who died Monday, a party spokesperson said
Jamshedpur: BJP today alleged that Congress had been misusing the state machinery for getting electoral gain in the five-phase Assembly polls in Jharkhand beginning tomorrow.The arrest of party candidate from Daltongunj Manoj Kumar Singh within
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed deep grief over the death of former Union Minister Murli Deora, whom she hailed as “symbol of Congress party in Mumbai”, a reference to his over two-decade-long
Murli DeoraBorn in 1937, veteran Congress leader and the party's face in Mumbai Murli Deora passed away Monday owing to prolonged illness. His death is grieved by many including his political opponents who regarded him
Daltonganj/Gumla (Jharkhand): Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said solution to the Maoist problem was development and the country's natural resources should be in the hands of the people for their development. “The Naxal problem is
Daltonganj (Jharkhand): Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said natural resources of the country should be in the hands of the people for their development and it was her party's initiatives that had given rights to
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today exuded confidence that his party, National Conference, will do fairly well in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state and predicted that BJP will get
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