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: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today slammed the Modi government over the Naga peace accord, accusing it of not taking chief ministers of north eastern states into confidence and said it showed its "arrogance".Opening
New Delhi: Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today broke her silence on Lalitgate in Lok Sabha and vehemently refuted the charges of corruption made against her.“I didn't ask the UK government to do favours
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said that the protest will continue until the Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan revokes her decision to suspend Congress lawmakers.While denying any knowledge of government's proposal to end
New Delhi: Stepping up the attack against the Narendra Modi government, Congress lawmakers from both Rajya Sabha & Lok Sabha will protest over suspension of the party's MPs at Gandhi statue in Parliament premises from
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Birender Singh today took potshots at Sonia Gandhi over her "murder of democracy" remarks against Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan saying it takes some time for a person to adjust
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the suspension of 25 MPs of the party by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan was anti-democratic and described it as murder of democracy.Congress members from both
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday described the Lok Sabha speaker's decision to suspend 25 of her party MPs as a "murder" of democracy as she led a protest against the decision at
New Delhi: Congress will today protest in Parliament against the decision of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to suspend its 25 MPs for five days for 'willfully obstructing the business of the House'. Congress president Sonia
New Delhi: Reaching out after signing of historic peace accord between government and Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland NSCN (I-M), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to leaders of various political parties including Congress
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today dubbed as 'Black Day' for democracy the suspension of 25 party MPs from Lok Sabha as her party said the Narendra Modi government is implementing "Gujarat model" of
New Delhi: Taking a tough stand against repeated disruptions, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today suspended 25 Congress MPs from Lok Sabha for 5 days.The Speaker took this decision after her repeated requests to Congress
Indore: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said holding the Parliament to ransom was a "contempt of democracy" and blamed Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi for the logjam during the ongoing monsoon session."Sonia and
New Delh: Slamming a "confused and afraid" Congress for disrupting the ongoing monsoon session of parliament, the BJP on Sunday said party president Sonia Gandhi will have to take the blame if the session was
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi tonight deep sorrow at the loss of lives in the landslide in Manipur and asked the state government to ensure speedy relief and adequate
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday asked Congress President Sonia Gandhi to clarify her party's stand on the Hindu terror issue and alleged that her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi had
New Delhi: The Congress party may boycott Monday's all-party meeting being convened to end the parliamentary logjam if the government failed to reach out with concrete proposals, the party indicated on Saturday."The government has convened an
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has reportedly written a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi alleging that recent media reports targeting him are backed by party leadership with a sole intention to malign his
New Delhi: Leaders cutting across the political spectrum tonight paid glowing tributes to former President A P J Abdul Kalam with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing him as a "people's President"
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharor, who recently faced Sonia Gandhi's ire, was today seen in Lok Sabha engrossed in an animated discussion with Rahul Gandhi who was playing an active role in guiding his
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