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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New Delhi: On a day when Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor kicked off a storm by unleashing a scathing attack on the Gandhi family for having named the major national assets after names of their family
Mumbai: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Gandhi family and demanded to rename the national assets named after them. In a series of tweets on Tuesday night, the Kappor and
BJP chief Amit Shah today said the erstwhile "Sonia-Manmohan Singh" government made new records in corruption with scams like AgustaWestland taking place under its guard
Christian Michel James, the middleman in Rs 3600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, has made sensational revelations that could further trouble for Congress president Sonia Gandhi, whose name is already mired in the controversy after an Italian court
Chirstian Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, today said that he has never met Congress president Sonia Gandhi or the then prime minister Manmohan Singh to push for the purchase of VVIP choppers.
Malampuzha/Thiruvananthapuram: BJP chief Amit Shah today took a dig at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, saying everyone was aware of her "love for her son, National Herald and 2G". "Soniaji, everyone in this country is aware
New Delhi: Responding to Sonia Gandhi's emotional outburst where she declared that no one can take away her citizenship, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cutting remark about her Italian origins, Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy
Thiruvanathapuram: On the campaign trail in poll-bound Kerala, Sonia Gandhi today issued a direct and emotionally charged response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s veiled attack on her over the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland scam in Tamil Nadu a few
The Central Information Commission has issued a fresh notice to Congress President Sonia Gandhi to explain her case before its Full Bench on allegations of not responding to queries in a RTI application
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a fresh notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to explain her case before its Full Bench on allegations of not responding to queries in a RTI application despite orders of the transparency panel.
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar today upped the ante against the Gandhi family over the AgustaWestland scam, saying that the government will not hesitate to take action against them if they are proven guilty.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of deliberately going soft on Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi in the AgustaWestland scam.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today hear a plea seeking FIR against the people allegedly bribed in the AgustaWestland chopper scam including Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh. The apex court
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today broke his prolonged silence on the issue of alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland deal, saying that those guilty of corruption in the deal must be brought to book
New Delhi: Describing Congress president Sonia Gandhi as a "lioness", party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia today said her name does not figure in any authenticated document related to the AgustaWestland deal. Speaking in the Lok Sabha,
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh are at Jantar Mantar (Delhi) to lead the ‘Save Democracy' march against Modi government. Addressing Congress supporters at Jantar
New Delhi: As the Opposition and government continues to lock horns on a host of issues in Parliament, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi are set to launch a sharp attack
New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today told a Delhi court that he would submit the “complete list” of witnesses in National Herald case against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and five
New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh should be summoned by the CBI on the AgustaWestland helicopter case. "(Going by) the Italian court
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday took a dig at the government, terming all allegations made by the Centre in the AgustaWestland helicopters deal as "distortions of the Italian court judgment" and quoted the judge
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