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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Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the unanimous choice of 18 opposition parties for vice president, also called Nitish Kumar to express his thanks.
Even as troubles spiral around the Congress-RJD-JD(U) ‘mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar, the Opposition could announce the name of a joint candidate for the vice-president poll following the meeting of non-NDA here today
Demanding decisive action against the perpetrators of the attack, Sonia Gandhi said that the government should order a thorough probe into any security lapses.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said "culture of vigilante violence" was being "actively supported" by those who are supposed to enfore the law.
President Mukherjee also urged the intellectual class to rise and be vigilant as it could act as the biggest deterrent to forces of darkness and ackwardness. "An active vigilance is the need of the hour."
The Gandhis and the other accused -- AICC members Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes and Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda -- have denied the allegations levelled against them.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday described the presidential election as a battle of ideologies and principles and said the opposition was determined to fight it
Sonia said that India had the distinction of being the only country in the world where people professing a number of religions lived together in an atmosphere of love and harmony.
The Opposition seemed divided ahead of Thursday’s crucial meeting on the presidential poll, with the JD-U extending its support to NDA’s candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday
“Government has not come forward with any name for the Presidential election and has asked if the opposition has any name for the top post,” Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said after the meeting.
The two leaders- Rajnath Singh and M Venkaiah Naidu- are likely to seek Congress party’s support for the ruling NDA’s presidential candidate.
A crucial meeting of the BJP committee comprising Union minister Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu with Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday for consultations on the presidential election could decide the course to follow
The Puducherry government has said it wants to emulate the 'Amma Cement' scheme running in neighbouring in Tamil Nadu
Nirmala Sitharaman demanded that Congress president Sonia Gandhi should tender an apology for insulting the Army Chief.
The sub-group would discuss how to go about the presidential and vice-presidential elections.
Sonia Gandhi may step down from the Congress presidentship, paving the way for Rahul Gandhis possible elevation when the party holds its internal elections by October 15
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that the current government at the Centre is seeking to extinguish the essence and idea of India and that the Congress party needs to be ready to protect it at all costs
The CWC meet is likely to discuss the current political situation in the country including the issue of cow vigilantism.
Bhojpuri actor-singer and Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari has recorded 77 per cent attendance while comedian turned politician and AAP's Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann attended only 52 per cent of the sittings.
Greeting Karunanidhi on his 94th birthday to be celebrated on June 3 here, Sonia said, "Few leaders can claim that their life and work straddled two centuries."
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