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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Motihari, Bihar, June 14: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will have the final say on selection of the the next President of the country and RJD will go along with her choice for the top post,
New Delhi, June 14: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, a prominent contender for the President's post, today said UPA, led by Congress, will announce the name of its candidate shortly for the top job.“Congress and UPA
New Delhi, Jun 14: With key allies rejecting her choice for President, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today was huddled in meetings with senior leaders and allies to zero in on a consensus candidate.Mukherjee, who was
New Delhi, June 14: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, who has teamed up with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to come up with their own names for the Presidential poll, is unlikely to meet Prime Minister
New Delhi, Jun 12: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived here tonight for consultations with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi tomorrow on the issue of Presidential poll nominee of UPA amid intense speculation on Finance
New Delhi, Jun 12: Trinamool chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is arriving here on Tuesday night for discussions tomorrow with Sonia Gandhi on the presidential election.Sources said she is coming to Delhi
New Delhi, Jun 5: Team Anna today handed over the files prepared by them charging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his 14 Cabinet colleagues with corruption to the office of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.Two volunteers
New Delhi, June 4: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today called on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to invite her to his son's wedding.Sources close to Gadkari said the meeting with Gandhi was purely personal and he
Bangalore,Jun 2 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be on two-day visit to Karnataka from Saturday.This visit is expected to give a boost to the spirit of the party, which is trying to cash
New Delhi, June 2 : Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is waiting for UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to give the green signal to Pranab Mukherjee to contest the Presidential polls as early as possible, so
Guwahati, 26 May: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today expressed confidence that insurgent outfits who have not come forward for talks so far will realise the futility of violence and join the peace process.“I am happy
New Delhi, May 22: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed displeasure over the poor attendance of party MPs as also some ministers playing truant despite roaster duty in Parliament.Expressing concern that party MPs sometimes are
New Delhi, May 22: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has expressed herself against MPs' demand to sport red beacons atop their cars in Delhi.In a meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party Executive, Gandhi made it clear that
Bangalore, May 13: In an embarrassment to BJP, sulking former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa today praised Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her party for being supportive of leaders facing trouble “unlike” his own
New Delhi, May 9: Asking partymen to draw lessons from the previous polls, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that leaders must shed factional behaviour and fight as one disciplined team as the party braces
Tumkur, Karnataka, Apr 28 : A woman was taken into custody by police as she showed black flag during Congress president Sonia Gandhi's public meeting here today.Earlier, Sonia Gandhi visited Nagasamudra in the district which
Bangalore, Apr 26: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will pay a two-day visit to Karnataka from tomorrow during which she will visit a drought-affected village, participate in 105th birthday celebrations of Siddganga mutt pontiff Shivakumara Swami
New Delhi, Apr 24: Speculation was rife today about possible changes in the government and the AICC with some ministers reportedly writing to Congress President Sonia Gandhi of their intention to work for the organisation.Media
New Delhi, Apr 21: With Congress suffering defeat in the municipal polls in the capital, party president Sonia Gandhi today held discussions with senior Delhi Minister A K Walia during which the electoral drubbing is
New Delhi, Apr 21: Facing attack over a “decision deficit” in his government, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Chavan's meeting with Gandhi came a day after the conclusion of
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