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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Lucknow: Polling for 14 seats in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh would be held tomorrow to decide the fate of 233 candidates, including political heavyweights Sonia Gandhi and Rajnath Singh.
Chinsurah (West Bengal): Asserting that people in high places should refrain from coming up with kiss-and-tell accounts, BJP candidate Chandan Mitra, who is a well known editor and a prominent face on TV for the
New Delhi: Questioning the “silence” of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over allegations involving Robert Vadra, BJP today wondered if the internal politics of Congress does not allow them to speak about them or “defend”
New Delhi/Rae Bareli: The verbal spat between the Congress and the BJP grew more strident Sunday with the BJP's allegations of "corruption under patronage" in land deals of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was never shown any Government files, her political secretary Ahmed Patel said while terming as “baseless” the charges made against her in a book written by Prime Minister's former
Fatehpur: Narendra Modi today hit out at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul saying they were were “furious” that a tea vendor was challenging the “family” and were competing with each other to tell lies against him
Chevella (AP): The helicopter in which Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrived for a rally here developed a snag this afternoon, forcing her to travel by road later.Gandhi arrived in the helicopter here in Ranga Reddy
New Delhi: Amid Gandhi family's attacks on Narendra Modi over the Gujarat model, BJP today hit back by bringing out a video and a booklet on alleged land deals of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law
Fatehpur: Narendra Modi today hit out at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul saying they were were “furious” that a tea vendor was challenging the “family” and were competing with each other to tell lies against him
Barnala: Launching a scathing attack on Akali-BJP government, Sonia Gandhi today charged ruling regime in Punjab with involvement in illegal activities like drug smuggling.“BJP Akalis are filling their pockets. They are now indulging in every
Barnala (Punjab): Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said the BJP's much touted Gujarat Model is actually ‘Modi model' under which the common man is suffering in the state and may God save the country from
Lakhimpur, UP: BJP President Rajnath Singh on Friday said Sonia Gandhi did not make any sacrifice by relinquishing the post of Prime Minister in 2004 as Sanjay Baru's book had proved that she was the
Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday attacked BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying he should stop using expressions like "ABC" and "RSVP" as he was not addressing educational institutions but the country's people."You must
Vadodara: BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here today accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of spreading lies about Gujarat and dared her for a public debate with him.Modi also said if lying amounted to violation
Kathlal, Gujarat: BJP president Rajnath Singh today accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of "betraying the country" by not taking up the post of the Prime Minister in 2004."In 2004, Congress got majority, but Sonia Gandhi
Amethi: Amethi, seen as the Gandhi family's pocket borough, is seething with anger. This Lok Sabha constituency in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh has since 1977 never been as angry with a Gandhi as
New Delhi: Amid the hustle-bustle of Lok Sabha polls, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has disclosed loss of tax-free bonds worth Rs 10 lakh purchased from the Indian Railway Finance Corp.Gandhi, who has listed these bonds
Raebareli: Glaring contrasts in various spheres in this Nehru-Gandhi family pocketborough are being used by the rivals to target Congress President Sonia Gandhi for lop-sided development in the constituency from where she is seeking a
Rae Bareli (UP): Targeting Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi today warned against concentration of power in one person.A day after breaking her silence on the continued “political” attacks on her husband Robert Vadra, the Congress star
Rae Bareli (UP)/ Alwar (Rajasthan): Campaigning for her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in this constituency of Uttar Pradesh, she said Vadra was being attacked by BJP to divert the attention of people from
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