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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Dhar(MP), Aug 7: Slamming Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for stating that poverty was just a “state of mind,” Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said the Congress eadership and Planning Commission should
New Delhi, Aug 7: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today described the killing of five Indian army jawans as an "act of deceit" and added that the entire nation stood with the families of the martyrs.
New Delhi/Lucknow, Aug 6: Hardening its stand on the IAS officer's suspension issue, a defiant Samajwadi Party(SP) today said erring officers will be punished and said Centre can withdraw all IAS officers from Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi, Aug 5: The Aam Admi Party (AAP) Sunday questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi's silence when an officer in Haryana exposed corruption allegedly involving her son-in-law Robert Vadra.Reacting to Gandhi's intervention vis-a-vis IAS officer
New Delhi, Aug 4: BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over Congress president Sonia Gandhi writing to him to ensure fair treatment to suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti
New Delhi, Jul 31: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked Telangana leaders to maintain "restraint, brotherhood and cordial relations" with people of Andhra and Rayalseema regions as the process started for creation of a separate
New Delhi, July 30: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today assured a delegation of party MPs opposed to creation of Telangana that their concerns would be taken care of when a decision on separate statehood is
New Delhi, Jul 30: In the midst of mounting pressure from both pro and anti-Telangana leaders, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the crucial UPA and CWC meetings to
Ranchi, Jul 28: Parliamentary Affairs Minister in Jharkhand, Rajendra Prasad Singh, on Saturday said BJP should accept Congress President Sonia Gandhi as the country's daughter-in-law, whom he called an "epitome of sacrifice"."Sonia Gandhi Bharat ki
New Delhi, Jul 24: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's close aide Vincent George has been summoned as an accused by a Delhi court, which rejected CBI's report closing the disproportionate assets case against him, saying there
New Delhi, Jul 23: Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed today met party chief Sonia Gandhi in the wake of controversy over his remarks linking 2002 Gujarat riots with birth of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen even as
Lucknow, July 18: Baba Ramdev has vowed to ensure the defeat of Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the next Lok Sabha election by camping and campaigning against her in Rae Bareli.The yoga guru also lashed
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is one of the most well-known faces in the corridors of Indian politics. Her strong persona has given her a place in the Forbes Magazine's most powerful people list.
Jaipur, July 16: Taking a dig at BJP for charging Rs 5 per person for attending Narendra Modi's public meeting in Hyderabad, Congress leader P Chidambaram today said there would be no charge on the
Bhopal, Jul 15: Taking a dig at Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh, the Madhya Pradesh unit of BJP yesterday asked Congress President Sonia Gandhi to clarify if the senior leader is in the party or
New Delhi, July 13: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked the states ruled by the party to implement in "letter and spirit" the food security scheme which it sees as a "game changer" in the
Bodh Gaya, July 10: Senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain was today made to wait a good 30 minutes outside the gate of the Mahabodhi temple, the site of serial blasts on Sunday, due to
Patna, July 10: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday visited Bihar's Bodh Gaya town and condemned the serial bomb blasts that rocked the Mahabodhi temple complex early Sunday morning.Sonia Gandhi along with union Home Minister Sushilkumar
Bodh Gaya, Jul 10: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today visited the blast site in Bodh Gaya.Shinde was accompanied by Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami and directors of the
New Delhi, July 9: With Congress projecting the food security bill as a game changer, Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of its Chief Ministers and PCC chiefs on July 13 to discuss the issue.The
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