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, Apr 2 : Congress today rejected its General Secretary Digvijay Singh's remarks that the model of two power centres has not worked well, asserting that a unique relationship exists between party chief Sonia
New Delhi, Mar 30: Congress ministers on Friday downplayed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks appearing not to rule out his being in the PM race for a third term but party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said
New Delhi/Bangalore, Mar 29: Amid reports of sharp differences among Karnataka Congress leaders over candidates for the May 5 assembly polls, former state chief minister S.M. Krishna arrived in New Delhi Friday to assist Congress
New Delhi, Mar 29: The Congress heaved a sigh of relief after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav said Friday that he won't withdraw support to the Congress-led UPA government for now.But the heat
New Delhi: The festival of colors, fun and frolic is here. This festival is celebrated with full zeal in almost all parts of the country. The fervor is such that no one can escape it.
Rae Bareli, Mar 25 : Congress and SP legislators were locked in a verbal duel in front of UPA chairperson and local MP Sonia Gandhi at a meeting here today, prompting her to step in
Rae Bareli, Mar 25 : Congress and SP legislators were locked in a verbal duel in front of UPA chairperson and local MP Sonia Gandhi at a meeting here today, prompting her to step in
Lucknow, Mar 25: Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi today announced to set up an All India Radio (AIR) studio in Rae Bareli.Laying foundation stone of 22 nd AIR FM transmitter
Lucknow, March 25: Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will arrive on a day's visit to her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareily Monday. The Congress leader would be inaugurating an FM radio
New Delhi, Mar 20: With SP staying firm on its stand for removal of Beni Prasad Verma from the government, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today reached out to Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lok Sabha and
New Delhi, Mar 19: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today demanded an "independent and credible" inquiry into the violation of human rights in Sri Lanka even as she refused to comment on key UPA ally DMK
New Delhi, March 19: The government must get the anti-rape bill passed by parliament by March 22 after consensus was reached at the all party meeting on the issue, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said Tuesday."Having
New Delhi, Mar 19: Slamming Italy for its refusal to send back the two marines charged in the fishermen killing case, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asserted that no country will be allowed to take
New Delhi, Mar 19: Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the CPP meet today made it clear that no country ould take India for granted."We strongly stand for human rights of the people of Sri Lanka."She
New Delhi, March 18: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to spell out her position on current political issues when she addresses party MPs today, party sources said Sunday."The Congress president will address the parliamentary
New Delhi, Mar 17: Sonia Gandhi is expected to unveil Congress' strategy tomorrow in the backdrop of opposition flak over issues like the VVIP chopper deal, Italian marines and DMK threat to pull out of
New Delhi: The assassination of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi (1984) and then her husband Rajiv Gandhi (1991) within a gap of seven years made Sonia Gandhi live a life overshadowed by terror.She knew terror was
Narayanpur (West Bengal), Mar 16: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that India needed to fight communal forces effectively for its economic and social development.”Economic and social development of the nation should go hand in
Narayanpur(WB), Mar 16: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said a law will be passed soon to prevent crime against women in the country.Gandhi, who was speaking after the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ghani Khan
New Delhi, Mar 16: India's foreign minister Salman Khurshid is of the opinion that any effort to link the Congress president Sonia Gandhi to the Italian marines issue is totally unfair. "It is extremely unfair
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