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, who did not attend the Parliament session yesterday, is down with viral fever.Party sources said that Gandhi could not attend the Parliament yesterday as she was unwell and may
New Delhi: Congress party today announced that its Vice-President Rahul Gandhi has extended his leave of absence and would be back in Delhi by the end of the week. Earlier the party had said that
New Delhi: Expecting Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi's return to Delhi this week, an influential section of party leaders have started pushing for two crucial agenda.First, reshuffle of the AICC secretariat by party president Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: Toughening its stand, Congress today decided to vote against against controversial Land Bill in Lok Sabha tomorrow if Government does not withdraw changes or refuses to send it to the Standing Committee.Party President
New Delhi: All India Congress Party is soon to see a major shuffling with Rahul Gandhi likely to become the Congress chief and the reigning party Chief Sonia Gandhi to become the chairperson of the
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is currently in a Forest Monestary near Myanmar capital Yangon. IndiaTV has exclusive information that Rahul has camped in Myanmar for Vipassana meditation. Before moving to the Yangon, he
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today brushed aside queries about a larger role for Priyanka Gandhi in the party and appeared annoyed over repeated questions on Rahul Gandhi.“You ask the same question again and
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may be appointed as party's general secretary soon.Sources said that party-vice-president Rahul Gandhi wants to give her an important role.ABP News reported that Rahul is
New Delhi: On Wednesday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi congratulated Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) patriach LK Advani on his wedding anniversary.The Congress supremo wrote an emotional letter to Advani in which she said this would have
New Delhi: Dissent in the Congress over party vice-president Rahu Gandhi's possible elevation as president has taken a new turn with more voices emerging condemning the demand by a section of party leaders.Former Union Minister
Barmer: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot today refused to be drawn into speculation about elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the party president, telling reporters that they would get to know if and when anything major
New Delhi: The debate over leadership in Congress that kicked up after Rahul Gandhi's sudden leave refuses to die down with party leaders speaking in different voices.Some maintain that it's time that Rahul takes over
New Delhi: The Congress, led by Sonia Gandhi as party president for the last 17 years, is right now at the cusp of a major tectonic shift. The doting mother is unwilling to carry on
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has finally agreed to pass the baton of presidency to his son and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Reportedly, Rahul will head the next session of AICC meet that is
New Delhi: Congress today dismissed any projection of a rift between Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and described as “personal opinion” recent remarks by senior leaders Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh about confusion and generation
While UPA was in power, ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh was often criticized to be a puppet in hands of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and the same was never expected from the current BJP government seeing
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has said that party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who is presently on a ‘leave' from the Parliament, is angry from ‘old guards' within the party line who are blocking
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's sudden sabbatical to reflect upon the future course of the party may be a prelude to his elevation as Congress President.There are indications that Gandhi, who is currently the Vice President,
New Delhi: Taking their political battle against land ordinance on the streets, top Congress leaders joined by members of prominent civil society organisations will hold a protest rally called ‘Zameen Wapsi Andolan' here tomorrow.Congress President
Ever since the news of Congress VP Rahul Gandhi going on ‘leave' has circulated in media, the Gandhi scion has become the hot topic on social media.Apart from opposition leaders targeting the party saying ‘country
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