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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As Congress continues to discuss future leadership, sources said all leaders want Rahul Gandhi to take the responsibility of party president at which point he said it should be left to the electoral process of the party.
There are talks that the Congress is likely to hold the AICC session in January to elect a new president, for which the party leadership will discuss and chalk out the plans.
As per sources, senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Bhupender Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan and Shashi Tharoor will be attending the meeting.
In what can be seen as an act of placation, Congress President Sonia Gandhi will meet 23 dissenters on December 19, informed sources told India TV. The key meet comes ahead of the party's internal election which is expected to take place soon.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra has stirred another controversy by likening Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi with villainous mythological character ‘Kekai’ in Ramayan. In a veiled attack, Narottam Mishra said that he has received a WhatsApp forward, that asked as to which mother after 'Kaikeyi' conspired to secure king's throne for her son.
"While Sonia Gandhi was unable to handle the affairs of the party, Dr Singh's prolonged absence from the House put an end to any personal contact with other MPs," Pranab wrote in his book "The Presidential Years".
The UPA was formed after the 2004 general election. It constitutes centre-left political parties. Congress' president Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the UPA. Congress is also the largest constituent of the alliance.
The Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday rejected reports of NCP chief Sharad Pawar replacing Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The reports were termed "unsubstantiated" and "planted by vested interests to divert the attention from the farmers' agitation".
Amid speculations that NCP chief Sharad Pawar may replace Congress president Sonia Gandhi as chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that the patron has all the qualities to lead the country.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sonia Gandhi had said she would not celebrate her birthday in support of farmers’ agitation against the farm laws and the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress party leader Kamal Nath on Tuesday met party interim chief Sonia Gandhi here and discussed the state's politics and the farmers protest over the three farm Laws. Nath said that the farmers must get the justice.
In her condolence message for Patel, who served as her political secretary for years, Gandhi said, "In Shri Ahmed Patel, I have lost a colleague, whose entire life was dedicated to the Congress Party."
While former finance minister P Chidambaram, and party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Digvijaya Singh will be part of the economic affairs committee, Jairam Ramesh will be its convener.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been advised to shift out of Delhi for a few days to avoid the heavy pollution in the national capital in view of her chronic chest infection, party sources said on Friday.
A meeting of the Congress' Special Committee will be held today amid the voices of discontent emerging within the party post a dismal performance in the Bihar assembly election and other bypolls. According to news agency ANI, the meeting will take place at 5 pm through video conferencing but the agenda is not clear.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has opened up about the Maha Vikas Aghadi (Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) government in the state saying that both NCP and his party were not happy to be part of the government with Shiv Sena but just to keep BJP out of power, they (Congress) agreed to be part of the MVA government.
In a veiled but blunt message, PM Modi said generations of corruption has become a part of political tradition in many states.
Just a day before Bihar goes to the polls for the first phase, Congress president Sonia Gandhi released a video message and lashed out at the Bihar government for riding "high on power and ego".
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has attacked the Modi government for what she called "targeting political opponents and civil society members" and cautioned that the world's largest democracy was at the crossroads as "dissent was stifled as terrorism or branded anti-national activity".
Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Imarti Devi has taken strong objection to former CM Kamal Nath's comments referring to her as an "item". Fuming over the statement, the BJP leader demanded Congress President Sonia Gandhi to oust Kamal Nath from the party.
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