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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Congress stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Harsh Mahajan remained Congress MLA from Chamba Assembly constituency thrice, winning consecutively in 1993, 1998 and 2003.
The Congress on Tuesday officially announced that election strategist will not be working for the party as he declined to be part of the Empowered Action Group for the 2024 general elections.
Prashant Kishor was keen to join the Congress and had desired to do so without any expectations but things didn't take off.
The speculations of a leadership change were sparked after former deputy CM Sachin Pilot met with Congress President Sonia Gandhi a couple of days ago.
Rajasthan's former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot met interim Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. The two senior Congress leaders discussed how to take the party forward to win 2023 polls.
The poll strategist, who has planned the electoral strategies of various parties, including the Trinamool Congress, AAP and DMK, wants to come into the Congress and help it
While Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka both were present in the previous meeting but in today's meet, only Priyanka Gandhi was there.
Mufti spent some time with Gandhi and is learnt to have discussed the current political situation in the country with the Congress president.
Taking a political jibe at the opposition leaders, Anurag Thakur said that the opposition was busy in baseless accusations.
Sonia Gandhi also hit out at the BJP, saying the ruling party's "divisive agenda" has become a regular feature of political discourse.
The G-23 leaders, who are seeking organisational reforms, had held meetings earlier this month following Congress’s dismal performance in the Assembly elections in five states.
Sonia Gandhi charged that the lesser allocation to the flagship scheme amounted to the weakening of the legal guarantee of timely payment and jobs.
NCP had earlier also pressed for Sharad Pawar to replace Sonia Gandhi as the UPA chairperson. NCP's ally Shiv Sena too has favoured Pawar to head the alliance on many occasions.
Sanyam Lodha is one of the advisors to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. He represents the Sirohi seat in the Legislative Assembly.
Leaving the grand old party, Vikramaditya Singh said that his position on Jammu and Kashmir does not align with that of the Congress.
The leaders who Sonia Gandhi met today included Deputy Leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari.
G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, while members of the dissenting group in the Congress Thursday held a flurry of meetings.
Kapil Sibal said the Gandhis -- Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - should step aside and give some other leader a chance to lead the party.
Sources said Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also be present at meeting. Azad's meeting with the Gandhis carries much significance amid dissatisfaction of G-23 leaders over the working style of the Congress leadership.
Rahul Gandhi referred to a foreign media report to attack the government. The report had claimed that Facebook offered BJP cheaper deals for election advertisements as compared to other political parties.
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