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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Balrampur, Feb 2: A day after Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma faced the ire of voters at a poll rally, BJP today questioned how Rahul Gandhi would fulfil the promise of changing UP in five
Gonda (UP), Feb 1: Kicking off her election campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today promised a “clean” government and attacked Chief Minister Mayawati for dismissing her ministers on election eve asking whether
New Delhi, Jan 31 : The Gandhi family will hit the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh from February 1 with Congress president Sonia Gandhi addressing rallies at Deoria and Gonda. Rahul Gandhi will share the dais
Lucknow, Jan 28: Congress President Sonia Gandhi would kick off her election campaign for Uttar Pradesh assembly with meetings in Gonda and Deoria on February 1."Sonia Gandhi would address election meetings in Gonda and Deoria
Gurdaspur (Punjab), Jan 24: Launching a scathing attack on the SAD-BJP government in Punjab, UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi today accused it of using central funds for their own benefits rather than for
Chandigarh, Jan 23 : Carrying forward their fight for a strong Lokpal, Team Anna members will campaign in Punjab tomorrow.The team's visit to Punjab will coincide with Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi's second visit to the
Almora, Jan 21: Taking on BJP on corruption issue, Sonia Gandhi today said the party was forced to change its chief minister in Uttarakhand following graft allegations and accused it of “creating a wedge” between
New Delhi, Jan 19: JD-U President Sharad Yadav today disapproved Uma Bharti's comments on the Italian origins of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, saying it is a “non-issue”. Raising the issue migrations from outside to India,
Moga (Punjab), Jan 19: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today assured party workers in Punjab that the entire senior leadership was with them and asked them to stand firm and united.In a message read out at
Roorkee, Uttarakhand, Jan 17: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today began her poll campaign in five poll-bound states by addressing a well-attended election meeting here, where she lambasted the BJP for what she called 'fooling the
Dehra Dun, Jan 17 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address election rallies at Roorkee and Tehri today in Uttarakhand, which goes to polls on January 30. Gandhi arrived at Jollygrant airport here Monday evening and
Ralegan Siddhi, Jan 16: Anna Hazare today condemned the blackening of Congres president Sonia Gandhi's poster in Delhi, saying it was not good for democracy.“Sonia Gandhi's poster has been blackened. This is not good for
New Delhi, Jan 16: A man alleged to be a supporter of Swami Ramdev today threw black paint on the face of Sonia Gandhi's large billboard posted outside the Congress party headquarters. The man, who said,
Amethi, Jan 16 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi today began her tour of Congress strongholds Amethi and Rae Bareli and met with party workers to devise a strategy for the upcoming UP
Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, Jan 9 : Three persons were detained on Sunday by local police, after threatening e-mails were reportedly sent from the cafe to Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Mumbai, Jan 8: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has raked up the issue of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's “foreign origin” and ridiculed Rahul Gandhi's prime ministerial ambitions.In an interview to party mouthpiece ‘Saamna', Thackeray said
New Delhi, Jan 5: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today called on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi here and thanked her for the support extended by the Centre to the NC-Congress coalition government in
Dehradun, Jan 5 : Sonia Gandhi's first election meeting slated to be held on Wednesday at Halwani in poll-bound Uttarakhand was cancelled due to bad weather.The Congress president's programme was cancelled as dense fog enveloped
New Delhi, Dec 28: After the embarrassment in Lok Sabha, an angry Congress President Sonia Gandhi today sought the list of party MPs who remained absent during voting on Constitution Amendment Bill on Lokpal amid
New Delhi, Dec 28: The defeat of the bill to give Constitutional status to Lokpal fuelled a blame game between Congress and BJP today with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi accusing the opposition party of
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