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 and Rahul Gandhi will not be campaigning for bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled on September 13. Party sources, however, downplayed it saying the Congress President, by convention, never campaigns
Mumbai: Taking a dig at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh today said she should not have reacted to the controversy caused by his book, and that her intervention only helped increase
New Delhi: A court here on Thursday fixed Dec 9 as the next date of hearing in a case against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi and others
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is one of the most talked about persons of Indian politics. Ranging from her foreign origin, to her leading a national party, all have been hotly debated upon. She has a
Panaji: Goa Congress president John Fernandes said Monday corrupt members of his party were out to get him.He also rubbished media reports that his head was all set to roll for targeting tainted party veterans."There
Hyderabad: BJP today took on Congress president Sonia Gandhi over her comment that the saffron party came to power by making false promises. Addressing party workers here today, BJP president Amit Shah said the Narendra
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said that often men who visit temples and worship “devi”; molest women in buses and other public places. Rahul Gandhi made this observation while addressing his party
New Delhi: Joining the exodus from ruling Congress in poll-bound Haryana, former MP Avtar Singh Bhadana today quit the party for Indian National Lok Dal and attacked Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the central
New Delhi: The country today fondly remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari leading the nation in paying tributes to the departed leader.Mukherjee,
New Delhi: Making a strong pitch for women's reservation in Parliament and state Assemblies, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said her party will put “full pressure” on the NDA government to pass the bill on
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday accused BJP of selling fake dreams to the people. She also alleged that Modi government had no vision of its own and was just mimicking the UPA regime.
Jaipur: The Congress, which suffered one of its worst defeats in both the assembly and Lok Sabha polls, is now trying to regroup itself to fight the local bodies polls, with newly-appointed Rajasthan state party
New Delhi: Rejecting criticism about Rahul Gandhi's leadership, Congress leader AK Antony on Friday said he was not responsible for the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle and exuded optimism that it will revive under Sonia
New Delhi: The message from the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting is that its revival has to begin in Parliament and the party has to “stand up for the right thing”, MP Shashi Tharoor said today.
New Delhi: The BJP today hit back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her remarks on "increase" in communal incidents in the country after it came to power, saying the charges were "baseless" and an
New Delhi: Ruling BJP and opposition Congress today clashed in Lok Sabha over communal riots in the country with both parties accusing each other of pursuing a divisive agenda and questioning secular credentials.Initiating the discussion
New Delhi: The criminal proceedings before a trial court against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others will remain stayed till September 3 in a case relating to acquiring ownership of National Herald daily,
Thiruvananthapuram: Making a strong pitch for the Women's Reservation Bill, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said her party would press the BJP-led NDA government to pass it in the Lok Sabha.Inaugurating the 16th anniversary celebrations
New Delhi: Hitting back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on spike in communal violence after BJP came to power, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today asked the party to “introspect” before making such
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today attacked Narendra Modi-led NDA government over the increasing incidents of communal violence in the country."Nothing less than 600 incidents of communal violence in UP and as many in Maharashtra
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