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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On the road to recovery, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to be discharged in a day or two, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment, said today. "Mrs Sonia Gandhi has shown
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who underwent surgery to fix a dislocated shoulder after she collapsed due to exhaustion during a rally at Varanasi, is recovering well.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today extended her good wishes to the Indian contingent ahead of the Rio Olympics and said that each one of them is a symbol of excellence, perseverance and hard work.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who fell ill during her roadshow in Varanasi on Tuesday and was taken to Delhi immediately, will be away from active politics for at least six weeks, sources said. Sources said
Doctors treated Congress President Sonia Gandhi for shoulder injury at Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital today.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had to cut short her visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi after she was taken ill, returned here late yesterday night and was taken to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital.
After Congress President Sonia Gandhi took ill while campaigning in Prime Minister's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, Narendra Modi prayed for her "quick recovery and good health". On the microblogging website, PM Modi tweeted: https://twitter.co
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched her party’s campaign for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi.
Kicking off poll campaign for Uttar Pradesh Assembly election early next year, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will today hold a mega roadshow in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi.
The Congress party today launched its poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh with party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi flagging off a three-day bus yatra ‘27 saal UP behaal’ from the party headquarters here.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is slated to hold a road show in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bastion Varanasi on August 2.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said that the recent events in Kashmir are “tragic” and pose a grave challenge to the country.
New Delhi: In her latest book titled ‘Courage and Commitment’, veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva has written about the uneasy relationship of Congress President Sonia Gandhi with P V Narasimha Rao. The politician turned
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is likely to take over as party president at a special All India Congress Committee (AIC) session, which may be held in the latter half of August or mid November.
The Supreme Court today refused to direct the CBI to file an FIR against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and others including former prime minister Manmohan Singh in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper scam.
Sonia Gandhi today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict restoring the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh saying “it will deter the Central government from further misusing its power”.
New Delhi: With violence claiming 23 lives in Kashmir valley, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed angusih over death innocent lives but emphasized that terrorism must be dealt with firmly and forcefully. In a statement
New Delhi: Nothing could be more painful for a family than to see the mortal remains of their daughter right in front of their eyes. Family members of 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, who was among the
New Delhi: The Haryana government panel, which was set up to probe land deals involving Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, today sought six weeks more time to submit its report. The fresh demand
Priyanka Gandhi has agreed to play a bigger role for the party in the upcoming assembly polls in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, sources said.
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