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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While analysts are trying to ascertain why Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan rushed to New Delhi on Saturday with an offer to resign, top sources in his Congress said that the Maharashtra Chief Minister felt
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked senior party leaders and union ministers Pranab Mukherjee and AK Antony to submit a report on the Adarsh housing society scam in Mumbai.The party will take any decision on
New Delhi, Oct 30: Embattled Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and offered his resignation because of the Adarsh Society scam. A sad-looking Chavan came out from 10, Janpath, and
New Delhi, Oct 27 : Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday replaced PCC presidents in Punjab and Karnataka,bringing in former chief minister Amarinder Singh and dalit leader G Parmeshwar while retaining Rita Bahuguna Joshi and
New Delhi, Oct 26: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has directed state units to ensure that one-third members of the AICC and Pradesh Congress Committees are women. Continuing to be proactive on the issue of women
Kishanganj(Bihar), Oct 18 : After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the Nitish Kumar government of not properly utilising Central funds."The Centre has provided crores and crores of rupees to
Latur, Oct 16: Union minister for heavy industries Vilasrao Deshmukh today said he saw nothing wrong in Maharashtra Congress ministers donating money for party chief Sonia Gandhi's public rally near Nagpur. "Workers and leaders of
New Delhi, Oct 16: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi received yet another snub today when Congress President Sonia Gandhi met the Indian medal winners in the mega sporting event but kept him out.
Bangalore, Oct 14 : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said his working equation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "excellent" and there is no no "trust deficit" between him and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He
ISLAMABAD : A Pakistani widow has appealed to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to return her Rahul, who "mistakenly" crossed over and was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF), at the earliest, reports DNA. A curious
New Delhi, September 27 : With the launch of the 'Aadhaar' number on September 29, India will become the first country in the world to implement a biometric-based unique ID system for its residents on
New Delhi, Sept 23: The ambitious scheme of providing unique identity number to the citizens of the country will get off on September 29 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presents first such number at a
Dehradun, Sept 21: Congress President Sonia Gandhi is on a tour of flood and cloudburst hit areas of Uttarakhand on Tuesday where 60 people have died and thousands rendered homeless in the past few days.
Kolkata: Discounting popular notion, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was not the only leader in the party as being projected in the media and said by some political leaders. "Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and the ruling partners are understood to have discussed the situation arising out of continued unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq,
New Delhi: Linking the turmoil in Kashmir to anger and pain among Kashmiri youth who grew up in "conflict and brutality", Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said their "legitimate aspirations" must be respected and
New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said the government has a "very active agenda" for Parliament in the coming months when bills on land acquisition, food security and changes in income tax laws
Mumbai/Lucknow : Four more State Congress units on Monday left it to party President Sonia Gandhi to choose its chiefs with those in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Goa authorising her to take the
Patna : Congress in Bihar on Friday received a boost with party president Sonia Gandhi approving the proposal of senior RJD leader and sitting MLA Anil Kumar and former BJP MP Sukhdeo Paswan to join
New Delhi: Amid continued unrest in Kashmir, top leadership of the Congress, including party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, met here on Friday to discuss ways to deal with the situation. The
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