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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Bhopal: Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Satyadev Katare today said the Congress state unit has requested party high command to nominate senior leader Digvijay Singh for Lok Sabha polls from Vidisha seat. “Both
Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will interact with party leaders in Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing March 15, a Congress spokesman said Thursday.The Gandhi scion, hard pressed for time owing to his election campaigns
Hyderabad: The Congress Tuesday named N. Raghuveera Reddy and Ponnala Lakshmaiah as the presidents of its Seemandhra and Telangana units respectively.Uttam Kumar Reddy will be the working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, according to
Lucknow : The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh Monday said it may not put up candidates against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli and
New Delhi: Amid a plethora of gestures on women's empowerment, a crucial piece of legislation, a bill reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state assemblies for women, has again lapsed with the
New Delhi: Congress is likely to announce its first list for Lok Sabha polls tomorrow after discussing candidates for a number of seats in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.At a meeting of Congress Election Committee,
Hyderabad: With TRS ruling out merger with the Congress party, the latter has asked its cadres in Telangana to be ready to go alone in the forthcoming elections to the Lok Sabha and the state
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked party MPs to go to the Lok Sabha polls with confidence as she hosted a dinner for them here. Sources said at least 100 MPs talked to
Hyderabad: Amid suspense whether TRS would merge with Congress or forge an alliance, a crucial meeting of the regional party would be held on Monday to take a call on the issue.The joint meeting of
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will interact with party MPs on Monday as they are set to face a difficult Lok Sabha election after 10 years in power. The schedule for Lok Sabha polls
Rae Bareli: Blaming Samajwadi Party for lack of development in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said though the Centre is providing funds, the works are not being carried out by the state government.Gandhi
New Delhi : TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in here and thanked her for formation of separate Telangana state.The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader, accompanied by his family members, met
New Delhi: Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao today met Congress president Sonia Gandhi amidst talks of TRS merger in Congress. He also gave her a letter seeking more Telangana officers from outside to
New York: India's Congress party president Sonia Gandhi's has filed a new motion to dismiss a human rights violation lawsuit against her by Sikhs for Justice, a New York based human rights group.In a reply
New Delhi: Hours after Telangana bill was passed in Rajya Sabha, TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao reached out to Seemandhra people, especially those living in Telangana region amid apprehension about their future, saying they were
New Delhi: Congress is close to finalising candidates for 100 Lok Sabha seats after the first meeting of its Central Election Committee tonight, but a decision on the fate of sitting members of the Lower
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and late party leader PV Narasimha Rao had strained relations when he was the Prime Minister as she was unhappy over the slow pace of progress in the probe
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi and late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao had strained relations when he was the Prime Minister as she was unhappy over the slow pace of progress in the Rajiv Gandhi
Kochi (Kerala): Congress President Sonia Gandhi today lashed out at the Left Front in Kerala, saying that it believes in outdated ideology and dogmas of the past. The party chief said, Left parties which have
New Delhi, May 5: Sushma Swaraj is one of those politicians in this country who get emotional on issues and beliefs that are close to their heart. That was the reason why Sushma, after 2004
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