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: Narendra Modi today latched on to a Commerce and Industry Ministry-sponsored report to slam Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, saying they have nowhere to go after “toffee model” of Gujarat's land acquisition policy was
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): Accusing BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of "lecturing" as if he was the "cleanest of them all", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday advised him to read history again to know about
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed “deep shock” over the train tragedy that took place in Maharashtra's Raigad district. She also condoled the death of the passengers and conveyed her heartfelt sympathies to
Roorkee/Kullu: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today slammed BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for levelling “unfounded corruption charges” against her party and questioned as to why Lokayukta was not appointed in Gujarat for ten years.“Instead
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh): BJP leader Narendra Modi is seeking to make political gains by soliciting support for his party in the name of Kargil heroes, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said here Sunday."Unka dil sirf kursi
Kolkata: Amid the poll potpourri, the fashion quotient of political leaders like Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi has also caught the attention of people, particularly youth, say designers here.According to designer Abhishek Dutta, BJP prime
New Delhi: Narendra Modi today said if there are any allegations of wrong-doing or illegal activity against him, he should face a probe like anyone else even if he becomes the Prime Minister.Asked whether BJP,
New Delhi: Expressing deep anguish and sorrow over the death of 23 people in NDFB(S) militant attacks in two communally-sensitive districts of Assam, Congress President Sonia Gandhi Friday decried the role of sectarian and militant
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today rejected BJP's allegations of favouritism in land deals of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in the state.Gehlot said the allegations of BJP that Vadra was
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to address public rally in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Sonia will be campaigning for Shaikh Abdul Waheed from Guntur constituency. These Lok Sabha Elections are of concern for
Amethi/New Delhi: “I am Rajiv Gandhi's daughter,” was Priyanka Gandhi terse reply today to purported comments by Narendra Modi that he considers her as his daughter.Priyanka, who is on a campaign trail in Amethi, reacted
New Delhi: Braving the heat, millions voted Wednesday in 89 Lok Sabha constituencies, including Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli, even as BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi ran foul of the Election Commission for flashing his
Amethi: Hitting out at critics of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi today said her brother's style of politics was “liberal” and not “opaque” and that he worked for the development of every section and looked upon
Ahmedabad: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Wednesday cast his vote, clicked a selfie and criticised the Congress, saying the time is up for the "mother-son" government.Taking a dig at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and
New Delhi: The whole of Gujarat and Punjab is voting today in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election along with some seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar that will decide the fate of top
Varanasi: Raking up the snoopgate scandal and Robert Vadra controversy, Arvind Kejriwal today accused both the Congress and BJP of having a tacit pre-poll understanding and not taking any action against each other on the
New Delhi: Congress leader Ahmed Patel is unfazed by predictions of opinions polls and widespread perception that UPA III is not possible and dismisses as “hypothetical” questions whether the party will back any combination to
Gauchar: Rahul Gandhi today said he shared a special bonding with Uttarakhand where he and his father did their early schooling and promised fast tracking the process of rebuilding lives in the calamity-hit regions of
Lucknow: Polling for 14 seats in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh would be held tomorrow to decide the fate of 233 candidates, including political heavyweights Sonia Gandhi and Rajnath Singh.
Chinsurah (West Bengal): Asserting that people in high places should refrain from coming up with kiss-and-tell accounts, BJP candidate Chandan Mitra, who is a well known editor and a prominent face on TV for the
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