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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Assam CM Himanta Sarma earlier had said that if the Congress does not distance itself from the DMK leader's controversial remarks, it will be taken as 'anti-Hindu'.
Sonia Gandhi exchanged greetings with Scindia before the commencement of the program in the Central Hall of Parliament. Scindia briefly conversed with Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was seated beside her. Later, he moved to a seat in the next row.
The party former president, who has always said that Women's Reservation Bill is very personal to her, asserted that it was Congress' brain child and was brought up many times earlier.
These posters featured Sonia Gandhi adorned as a deity, wearing a jeweled crown, with a map of Telangana emerging from her right palm.
Sonia Gandhi said that the Congress is committed to fulfilling its promises and that it has been her dream to see a Congress government in Telangana.
EAM S Jaishankar, in an exclusive conversation with India TV's Editor-In-Chief and Chairman, Rajat Sharma in Aap Ki Adalat, responded on Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to Brussels where he made remarks on Chinese vision and its 'Belt and Road' initiative.
According to sources, former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi asked party leaders in the Congress Working Committee meeting to remain united and work together with the I.N.D.I.A. alliance.
Assembly elections in Telangana will be held in the coming months. The tenures of the Telangana Assembly will come to an end on January 16, 2024.
Notably, Gandhi was discharged from Sir Ganharam Hospital on Monday after being admitted with symptoms of mild fever on Sunday.
The special session of Parliament will have five sittings and members will be informed about the provisional calendar separately.
Sonia Gandhi will meet Congress MP Rahul Gandhi today, who has been in Ladakh for the last one week.
Sonia Gandhi will join Rahul Gandhi in Srinagar on Saturday on a "family tour" during which the two leaders will not engage in any political meetings, a Congress leader said.
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said that any worker who wanted to agree with the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, we welcome them with our ideology.
Ladakh: Rahul Gandhi reached Leh on a two-day visit on Thursday, later deciding to extend his stay in the region by four more days.
New Delhi: A group of women farmers from Haryana met the Gandhi family at a luncheon hosted by Sonia Gandhi for them at her residence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a brief conversation with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and enquired about her health.
Sonia Gandhi was seen wearing a oxygen mask during a flight's emergency landing when they were returning to Delhi after attending Opposition's unity meeting in Bengaluru.
Sonia Gandhi is expected to attend the Opposition meeting scheduled to take place on July 17 and 18 in Bengaluru, Karnataka Congress president and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said.
Manipur violence: Sonia Gandhi appealed for peace and harmony.
"The Congress President has appointed Shri Deepak Babaria as AICC in-charge of Haryana and Delhi with immediate effect," said another official order from the party.
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