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: Amid strong voices to bring Priyanka Gandhi to the forefront of politics, senior leaders A K Antony and Kamal Nath today reposed faith in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at
Hyderabad: Hailing the re-election of Congress President Sonia Gandhi as the leader of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP), party MLC and former AICC secretary P Sudhakar Reddy today expressed confidence that the party would win people's
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi and Rahul will represent Congress at the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on Monday.The Congress President had congratulated Modi on May 20 hours after he was elected leader
Mumbai: The NCP today attributed the drubbing the Congress-led UPA has received in polls mainly to the “communication deficit” on part of outgoing prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and also to
New Delhi: Clamour is growing in Congress for either Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi to take over as Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha if the new Speaker agrees to give the post to
New Delhi: The 16th Lok Sabha will have the highest number of women members at 61."This is the highest number of women members elected to the Lok Sabha in the history of the country, although
New Delhi: Congress today dismissed as "mere speculation" reports that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are to offer their resignation at the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday called in the wake of the party's
Guwahati: After Congress' debacle in the Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today came out in defence of its leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi saying the party has turned stronger under their leadership.
New Delhi: As Congress searches for answers for its worst-ever electoral performance, daggers are already out in the party ahead of the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting scheduled on Monday. Senior party leaders speaking
Guwahati: Attributing a bit of “arrogance and complacency” within himself and the Congress for the party's poor show in the the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, Tarun Gogoi today said he would resign within a
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi today accepted responsibility for the Congress' worst-ever defeat in the Lok Sabha elections but made it clear the party will continue to fight for social harmony and issues
Lucknow (UP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi today won from Rae Bareli seat by a margin of over 3.52 lakh votes, defeating her nearest rival Ajay Agarwal of BJP.
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's absence at a dinner hosted in honour of outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has evoked sharp reactions from Opposition parties, which accused him of “insulting” the PM, but Congress downplayed it
New Delhi: Votes polled in the nine-phased Lok Sabha elections will be counted tomorrow to decide who will form the next government.Election Commission said the counting exercise to be held at 989 counting centres is
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and lauded his contribution to the country.A leader who attended the dinner said there were emotional moments
New Delhi: With exit polls painting a grim prospect for Congress, Union minister Kamal Nath today rejected suggestions that a likely poor show in the elections will be a reflection on Rahul Gandhi's leadership, saying
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is being given a farewell dinner by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on May 14.A memento is expected to be presented to Singh signed by all CWC Members and Union
Lucknow: A private plane flying Congress president Sonia Gandhi was forced to make an emergency landing in Agra due to gutsy winds and bad weather in New Delhi late Thursday, an official said Friday.Sources said
New Delhi: Dubbing Rahul Gandhi as “asatya ka saudagar” (merchant of lies), BJP today said his “untruths” about Gujarat land acquisition policy have been exposed by the report sponsored by his own government that has
Patna/Amethi: Two Bihar BJP leaders today filed separate cases against Priyanka Gandhi for her ‘neech rajniti' barb at Narendra Modi even as Rahul Gandhi countered the saffron offensive over the remark, saying people's actions are
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