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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Malda, Mar 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be in Malda in West Bengal for a brief 90-minute visit on Saturday during which the PM will lay the foundation of
New Delhi, Mar 14: Commencing her 16th year as Congress President, Sonia Gandhi today said being at the helm was "not an easy task" and gave credit to the party's rank in helping her accomplish
New Delhi, March 14: Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday completed an unprecedented 15 years as Congress president, a feat unparallelled in the annals of the 127-year-old organisation.The highpoint of 66-year-old Gandhi's political career came in May
New Delhi: It was a on a chilly February evening in the year 1997 that the beautiful young lady of Gandhi family and a lesser known businessman from Moradabad tied a knot.It was a fairytale
New Delhi, March 13: The BJP Tuesday demanded a court-monitored CBI inquiry into the alleged land deals of Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, claiming that the Rajasthan government had given him "red-carpet
New Delhi, Mar 11: Vijay Lakshmi, the mother of Jagan Mohan Reddy, believes that her son is in jail for last nine months because the Congress president Sonia Gandhi has not been fair to the
Khanpur Kalan, Haryana, Mar 8: Amid rising cases of crime against women, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said “our heads hang in shame” due to recurring incidents of rapes and other violence against women. Flagging
New Delhi, March 6: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj was voted as the most admired female politician followed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in a survey
Ballia, UP, Feb 4 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi has assured of initiating steps to allot a flat at Dwarka and a job for one of the family members, the brother of the Delhi gangrape
New Delhi, Feb 2 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi today strongly pitched for utilising MNREGA to increase agricultural production, saying the flagship scheme can play a big role to usher in second green revolution in
New Delhi, Feb 1: With BJP government in Karnataka facing political crisis, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and newly-elected Vice President Rahul Gandhi held detailed discussions with former External Affairs Minister and senior party leader S
Patna, Jan 31: Questioning UPA government's commitment to root out corruption in the country, anti-graft activist Anna Hazare today said he does not trust Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for enactment
Allahabad, Jan 28: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit the ongoing Maha Kumbh congregation here next month. Local Congress leader Abhay Awasthi, who received party general secretary
Jaipur, Jan 21: The Congress will set up a legal cell for redressal of women's grievances, and will reserve 30 percent positions at all levels for them, said the declaration adopted by the party here
Jaipur, Jan 20: “My mother came to my room and cried... Because she understands that power is poison,” Rahul Gandhi said today in a highly emotional speech after taking over the new mantle.Striking a personal
Jaipur, Jan 20 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday said there was "no reason" the party should not get public mandate again if it works in the right way."There is only 15 months left for
Aligarh, Jan 20: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will deliver the convocation address at the Aligarh Muslim University next month, becoming the second woman to do so - 87 years after the first.The announcement was made
Jaipur, Jan 19 : Rahul Gandhi was today formally elevated to the number two position in the Congress party after being appointed its Vice President, but his role in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls would
Jaipur, Jan 19: Shaken by the brutal gangrape incident of Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday made a strong pitch for starting women empowerment from home. "Mothers should teach their boys how to respect
Jaipur, Jan 18: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday expressed concern that “competitors” were making inroads into the party's traditional support bases.“The Congress is facing increased competition and inroads have been made into its traditional support
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