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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Kumar’s meeting with the Prime Minister comes a day after he skipped a meeting of opposition parties convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Leaders of opposition parties will today gather to discuss presidential election strategy over a lunch hosted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has invited leaders of major opposition parties for a luncheon meet tomorrow to discuss their joint candidate for upcoming presidential elections.
Banerjee, who is also the TMC chief, is already in the national capital, and is likely to meet Sonia Gandhi separately tomorrow.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 26th death anniversary.
Expressing shock over sudden demise of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that he will be remembered for his humble personality.
Mamata Banerjee batted for a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election at a meeting today with Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today termed as political vendetta the raids on Congress leader P Chidambaram and RJD chief Lalu Prasad.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday paid a rich tribute to Indira Gandhi and recalled her decisiveness while giving a subtle message to the present Congress leadership.
The 69-year-old Congress supremo had underwent a shoulder surgery in the same hospital last year.
The Delhi High Court today declined to stay the income tax proceedings against Young Indian Pvt Ltd in the National Herald case involving Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and asked them to approach tax authorities.
In a major setback for Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the Delhi High Court today allowed the Income Tax department to launch an investigation into the National Herald case.
New Delhi based Ganga Ram Hospital today said that the health of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, hospitalised on Sunday for food poisoning, is stable.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday after a bout of food poisoning.
The scene is different this time. For one, unlike Vajpayee at the end of his reign, Narendra Modi is currently much more securely placed. For another, the Congress is now weaker than ever before.
The four were convicted for raping and assaulting the 23-year-old paramedical student inside a moving bus on December 16, 2012 which led to her death 13 days later in a Singapore hospital.
Congress on Thursday announced new chiefs of the party units in Punjab and Uttarakhand, and appointed Avinash Pande as incharge of party affairs in Rajasthan.
Presidential polls are scheduled for July this year. Incumbent Pranab Mukherjee so far appears unlikely to contest for a second term.
Presidential polls are scheduled for July this year. Incumbent Pranab Mukherjee so far appears unlikely to contest for a second term.
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh was on Saturday removed as the party's general secretary incharge of Karnataka and Goa.
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