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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Bhiwani: Accusing Narendra Modi government of trying to weaken laws on land acquisition and rural employment brought in by UPA, Sonia Gandhi today asked people to be wary of BJP and INLD, claiming their sole
New Delhi: After Election Commission rejected its complaint against Haryana government on Robert Vadra's land deal, BJP today charged the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government with not presenting full facts of the case before the poll
Kolhapur (Maha): Mounting an assault on BJP, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked the voters in Maharashtra not to be swayed by the party which “spreads hatred in society”.She also said BJP and Shiv Sena
New Delhi: The Election Commission today received a report from the Haryana poll authorities which it had sought to ascertain whether the clearance given by the state government to a land deal between Robert Vadra
Chandigarh: Congress today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the issue of land deal involving Robert Vadra, accusing Modi of trying to draw “political gains” by “defaming” Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law before Assembly polls
Hyderabad: Taking exception to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's reported attack on NDA government on the issue of black money, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu asked what her party did on the matter when it was
New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said his government has nothing to do with the land deals involving Robert Vadra and those making such allegations can approach the Lokayukta to probe the
New Delhi: Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for criticising Modi dispensation's 100 days rule, BJP today said the party has given a working government to the country with a strong Prime Minister and that the
Beed (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit back at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for accusing his government of not fulfilling poll promises, saying those seeking account of his performance in four months in power,
Meham : Taking on Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi today accused him of trying to “show off” as if everything has been done only after his government came to power and asked the Prime Minister what
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi tonight expressed “shock and grief” over the deaths and injuries in a stampede in Patna.“Dismayed at the unfortunate incident, Gandhi expressed the hope that the injured are being adequately
New Delhi: Towering effigies of 10-headed demon king Ravana, his son Meghnad and brother Kumbhakaran crackled in fiery splendour marking the triumph of good over evil as gusto and fervour marked Dussehra festivities across the
Pune: NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said he had no grouse against Congress President Sonia Gandhi as she was not responsible for breaking the 15-year-old Congress-NCP alliance in Maharashtra.“When I called on Sonia Gandhi to
New Delhi: Congress today suspected a “hidden agenda” behind NCP parting ways with it in Maharashtra, a day after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan accused his former alliance partner of having a pre-meditated plan to topple
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday posted the plea of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in a case relating to the acquisition of the National Herald daily for
Srinagar: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday visited the flood affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district and interacted with the people.She arrived here Monday with party vice president Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Ambika Soni,
Jammu: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi will reach out to people in the flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir during their two-day visit starting tomorrow.“Sonia and Rahul are visiting J&K on a
New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi has sent legal notice to the media fraternity for reports that suggested that her brother Rahul was going to adopt her son so that he
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the scientific community for the successful insertion of Mangalayan into the orbit of planet Mars. It is the courage, passion and
Mumbai: With less than a week left for nominations to close for Maharashtra Assembly polls, top Congress and NCP leaders will meet here on Tuesday in a last ditch attempt to resolve the seat-sharing deadlock
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