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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Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan at the latter’s chamber in the Parliament.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her 70th birthday.
President Pranab Mukherjee, PM Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union Ministers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and various other top leaders tonight condoled Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's demise.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday condoled the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, saying she lived her life with same "indomitable courage with which she battled her last illness".
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Monday following viral fever, was discharged this morning.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi following a viral infection.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today chaired a meeting at 10, Janpath here to discuss the strategy ahead of the Winter Session of the Parliament which begins tomorrow.
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Cutting across party lines, politicians on Thursday congratulated the Indian Army for its action against terrorists and carrying out a successful “surgical strikes” across the Line of Control.
In a move that may send flutters down political circles,the Narendra Modi government is mulling a proposal to evict Congress from its headquarters on 24 Akbar Road and three other bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi.
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A notice has been issued to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and others accused in the National Herald case by a Delhi Court. The court also asked the congress and Associated
After being admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for a minor medical treatment on Wednesday evening, Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today discharged from the hospital in a stable condition. According to Dr SP Byotra,
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here for a pre-scheduled check up for shoulder injury.
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