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, July 10: Using Law Minister Salman Khurshid's reported remarks, Opposition today attacked Congress saying this confirms the ruling party and the government are directionless but the minister clarified that his comments were misinterpreted
Kolkata, Jul 9: UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee today said he will talk to Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to seek support for his candidature when she is ready to talk to him.“I am ready
New Delhi, Jul 2: Demanding rejection of Pranab Mukherjee's nomination papers on the ground that he held an Office of Profit, BJP today asked Congress not to bend rules over the issue to have its
Mumbai, Jul 2: After securing the support of Bollywood star Salman Khan for the release of Sarabjit Singh, Indian prisoner who is on the death row in Pakistan, his family now plans to knock at
Guwahati, Jul 2: Announcing a Rs 500 crore package for flood-hit Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Centre will take measures to rebuild damaged infrastructure and wipe away the misery of the people.
Mumbai: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who could not attend veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini's daughter Esha Deol's wedding with Bharat Takhtani, has invited the newlyweds to dinner.Bollywood actress Esha married the Mumbai-based businessman
New Delhi, Jul 1: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by high level officials, will visit the flood affected areas of Assamtomorrow to take stock of the situation and the relief efforts being made there.PMO sources
New Delhi, Jul 1: The RSS has alleged that the UPA government is out to gag people's free opinion on the net, especially those regarding Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul, through requests to sites like
New Delhi, Jun 30: Janata Dal (U) today dismissed as “not so relevant today” the remark made by former President A P J Abdul Kalam in his book that he was ready to swear Sonia
New Delhi, Jun 30: BJP today said Sonia Gandhi's decision not to stake claim to Prime Ministership in 2004, as noted by A P J Abdul Kalam in his forthcoming book, should not be seen
Mumbai, Jun 30: The victory of UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential poll is “certain” only because of the support of Shiv Sena and Janata Dal (United), Sena chief Bal Thackeray said here today.“Neither
New Delhi, Jun 30: APJ Abdul Kalam has finally exploded the political myth that he was reluctant to appoint Congress president Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister in May 2004 when he was the country's President.
New Delhi, June 28: As part of efforts to secure maximum support for Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential poll, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today held consultations with Congress President Sonia Gandhi.The UPA candidate will be
New Delhi, Jun 28: P A Sangma today claimed tribal leaders cutting across party lines are unitedly behind him and took potshots at Congress for not standing by his candidature for the President's post despite
Mumbai, Jun 26: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said he has briefed UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the devastating fire that gutted the top four floors of the
New Delhi, Jun 26: Union Minister Virbhadra Singh today resigned in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him.Singh, a former H P Chief Minister, quit on moral grounds after being
New Delhi, Jun 23: UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee, the senior-most member of Congress Working Committee, will be given a farewell by the party's top brass on Monday including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party
New Delhi, June 16: Congress president Sonia Gandhi had two clandestine late night meetings with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav before she called Mamata Banerjee's bluff on the presidential poll issue, Indian Express reported.
New Delhi, June 15: UPA candidate for President Pranab Mukherjee said today that the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi will decide who the new Finance Minister will be. Speaking to
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