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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Sonia Gandhi of the Congress and BJP President JP Nadda have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan and Gujarat respectively.
Sonia Gandhi will fill the seat that will fall vacant in April after former prime minister Manmohan Sigh completes his Rajya Sabha tenure. Gandhi was accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra besides former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot as she filed nomination.
Sonia Gandhi will fill the seat that will fall vacant in April after former prime minister Manmohan Sigh completes his Rajya Sabha tenure. Gandhi was accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra besides former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot as she filed nomination.
Ex-Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been a Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli since 2004. In the last election, her son Rahul Gandhi lost his family bastion Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani. BJP claims 'fear to lose' is the reason behind her shifting from Lok Sabha to Rajya Sabha.
If the I.N.D.I.A alliance comes to power, it will provide legal guarantees to MSP to farmers, said Rahul Gandhi, who is currently busy with his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra'. He also hinted at incorporating recommendations from the Swaminathan Committee into their election manifesto.
The former Chief Minister of Maharashtra announced his decision to join the Bharatiya Janata Party asserting to work for the "constructive development of Maharashtra". Devendra Fadnavis commended Chavan's entry into the BJP, recognising his long political experience.
The Congress has fielded Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh from Bihar and for Maharashtra, it has picked Chandrakant Handore
Sonia Gandhi's decision to contest from Rajasthan instead of southern states, where the Congress also holds sway, underscores the party's commitment to the Hindi heartland, signaling continuity in its regional representation.
The Election Commission said that the biennial Rajya Sabha polls will be held on February 27 for 56 seats. The elections will be held on 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states, out of which, Congress will contest on nine seats.
Sonia Gandhi is likely to contest Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan, sources said. Rajya Sabha elections are set to be held on February 27.
A few days ago, Kamal Nath brushed aside a query on his joining the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party but added that political leaders are free and not bound to be associated with any outfit.
The Modi government has released a White Paper which was tabled in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The document lists out economic mismanagement during the Congress-led UPA government.
According to many media reports, Narasimha Rao and Gandhi family had bitter relations when he was India's prime minister in the early 1990's.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is currently a Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, her son Rahul Gandhi lost his family bastion Amethi to BJP leader Smriti Irani but managed to win Kerala's Wayanad seat.
Appearing in Aap Ki Adalat, Sachin Pilot spoke on I.N.D.I.A bloc future, Congress' relations with Mamata Banerjee, seat-sharing in the Opposition's alliance, rift with Ashok Gehlot amid other issues.
Sadhvi Ritambhara appeared in India TV's Aap Ki Adalat show and spoke on Ram Mandir 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony, Uniform Civil Code, AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, among various other issues.
The Congress on Wednesday rejected the invitation to attend the Ram Mandir's 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony on January 22. The party declined the invitation saying it's clearly a BJP-RSS event.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi questioned the intention of Congress and alleged that the party is against Hindu religion and Hindutva.
Congress has constituted a total of five clusters and divided all states, UTs among them. Earlier, the party held its first meeting for drafting the manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul Gandhi, along with his mother Sonia Gandhi, on New Year's Ev made homemade orange marmalade using fresh fruits harvested from their own kitchen garden.
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