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 had recommended Sachin Tendulkar's name for nomination to Rajya Sabha, according to BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla, who also hinted that the government may consider conferring the prestigious 'Bharat Ratna'
Raipur: Security personnel on Wednesday found three improvised explosive devices in Bastar district ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's and BJP leader Narendra Modi's rallies. A 15 kg IED was found from Dornapal-Jagargunda road in
New Delhi: Making a strong appeal for “communal harmony”, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today greeted people on the occasion of Diwali. “May this festival renew and strengthen the bonds of family, community and friendship and may
Hyderabad: Congress leaders from the Telangana region organised a public meeting yesterday in Mahbubnagar district, to thank party President Sonia Gandhi for accepting their demand of separate statehood.Andhra Pradesh deputy Chief Minister DamodarRajanarasimha, state ministers
New Delhi: Union Minister Jairam Ramesh will be the convenor of a small group which will coordinate activities of the Congress party for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a statement said Saturday.According to the statement,
Rae Bareli: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today laid the foundation stone of Uttar Pradesh's first All India Institute of Medical Sciences complex in her parliamentary constituency here.Gandhi, who was accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Vadra,
Lucknow: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be on a one-day visit to her parliamentary constituency of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday.She will be laying the foundation stone of an ambitious rail wheel manufacturing unit in
Lucknow: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be on a one-day visit to her parliamentary constituency of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday.She will be laying the foundation stone of an ambitious rail wheel manufacturing unit in
Vizianagaram/Hyderabad: Curfew was imposed on Vizianagaram town on Saturday after violence escalated with mobs destroying property and indulging in arson to protest the Union Cabinet's decision to create a new state of Telangana. Protesters repeatedly
New Delhi: Union Minister M M Pallam Raju, who announced his resignation over division of Andhra Pradesh, today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi who advised him "not to act in haste".This is his second meeting
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 144th birth anniversary Wednesday.The leaders paid floral tributes at Rajghat -- the memorial of Mahatma
Kolkata: Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi, BJP president Rajnath Singh today said if she has any concern for Prime Minister's respect, she should ask Rahul Gandhi to resign as Congress vice-president or seek apology for
Mandya (Karnataka): Congress president Sonia Gandhi today lashed out BJP for “making fun” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asserted that the “whole party stands behind him”.”They make fun of our party, they make fun
Thiruvananthapuram: Asserting that inclusive growth will remain as central plank of UPA, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said it was in tune with this concept that the government had launched a series of welfare programmes
Thiruvananthapuram: In an apparent bid to assuaging his feelings following Rahul Gandhi's denunciation of the government, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi today praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying schemes launched under his “able leadership” have helped
Thiruvananthapuram: Allies of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) are reportedly all set to express their unhappiness to Congress President Sonia Gandhi when she arrives here Sunday for a two-day visit.Speaking to IANS, a senior
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today spoke over telephone to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hours after Rahul caused political tremors with his denunciation of the ordinance on lawmakers and sharp attack on the government
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Congress plans to organise 22 public meetings and six road shows till October 23, as part of its campaign for the Assembly elections this year.Leaders who will address these public meetings
New Delhi: Attorney General G E Vahanvati has complained to the Delhi police over a hoax call he received from a woman imitating Congress President Sonia Gandhi regarding some high profile cases in the Supreme
New Delhi: The issue of Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin cropped up yet again today with BJP leader Sushma Swaraj saying she was still opposed to the idea of her becoming Prime Minister.She also appeared to
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