Sonia Gandhipronunciation (help·info) is an Indian politician. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, the secular and left-of-centre political party, which governed India for most of its post-independence history. She took over as the party leader in 1998, seven years after the assassination of her husband, Rajiv Gandhi, a former prime minister of India, and remained in office for nineteen years.
In Congress, everybody respects this family. That's why when a leader is chosen from this family to run the party, the Congress workers across India feel overjoyed. It will be profitable for the party.. DNA - Published
In a statement released by her party, Sonia said: this auspicious festival marks the spirit of devotion to almighty as also celebrating the spirit of brotherhood by giving and sharing with fellow human.. IndiaTimes - Published
In her first message after assuming charge as the interim Congress president, Sonia Gandhi has greeted countrymen on Eid al-Adha and wished that it brings peace, good health and happiness to all. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader AK Antony argued at the CWC meeting that Sonia Gandhi should be spared the pressures of being the interim Congress president. But the working committee opposed his remarks and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Patra also underlined that Sonia coming to the rescue of the party proves that "Rahul Gandhi was a blunder as far as Congress is concerned." DNA - Published
Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Sunday said dynasty politics was rejected in the last general elections, but the Congress did not learn from it and still wants Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congratulatory messages started pouring in on the social media platforms from Congress leaders after Sonia Gandhi elected party interim chief once again. DNA - Published
Soon after the Congress announced Sonia Gandhi as its President after a marathon meeting of the Congress Working Committee, BJP leader Amit Malviya put out a video message that described the Congress.. DNA - Published
The decision comes as a surprise to everyone, as Rahul Gandhi who resigned from the party leadership after Lok Sabha elections debacle, had earlier said that no member from the Gandhi family will.. DNA - Published
Sonia Gandhi on Saturday assumed presidency of Congress again. The proposal, moved by Ghulam Nabi Azad, P Chidambaram and Anand Sharma and endorsed by Manmohan Singh, to Sonia to return to the post she.. IndiaTimes - Published
India's opposition Congress party selected past president Sonia Gandhi as its interim leader on Saturday, while it searches for a successor to her son Rahul Gandhi, who quit following a crushing.. Reuters - Published
Earlier, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi pulled out of two committees to choose a new Congress chief as the CWC formed five regional groups to hold wider discussions on the issue. DNA - Published
As the Congress Working Committee began consultations on Saturday to find its next president, UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and outgoing party head Rahul Gandhi left the meeting midway, saying they couldn't.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prominent leaders of the party, who are also the members of the CWC, including Sonia Gandhi, Dr Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be present in the meeting. DNA - Published
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in a condolence letter to Sushma Swaraj's husband Swaraj Kaushal expressed her shock and respect for the departed BJP leader. Gandhi called Swaraj "a lady of extraordinary.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday paid their last respects to senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away on Tuesday night after.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress top leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi chose not to respond even as the treasury benches said the "monumental mistake" of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had been corrected by PM Modi.. DNA - Published
PM Modi, his ministers and first time Lok Sabha members -- Amit Shah, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Smriti Irani-- have been given front row seats along with Sonia Gandhi in the lower house, while Rahul.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Saturday that the Modi government is "diluting" the RTI Act to "help the corrupt steal from India", days after amendments to the legislation were passed by.. IndiaTimes - Published
Next to the deputy Speaker's seat is leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.There is a small gap in the row and the next seat is that of Sonia Gandhi. IndiaTimes - Published
Sonia Gandhi had Tuesday said PM Modi-led central government is "hell-bent on completely subverting" the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. DNA - Published
Bringing an end to the high-voltage political drama in Karnataka following the resignation of over a dozen rebel MLAs, Congress-JD(S) government failed to garner the majority in the Assembly on July.. IndiaTimes - Published
The bill also proposes to give the Centre the power to change the period of office of Chief Information Commissioner, Information Commissioner, and State Information Commissioners, which is currently.. DNA - Published
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government is "hell-bent on completely subverting" the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. She added.. IndiaTimes - Published
Claiming that the political crises in Karnataka and Goa were a threat to democracy, opposition lawmakers, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, held a protest in the Parliament complex on Thursday... IndiaTimes - Published
A number of top Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Anand Sharma, protested near the Gandhi statue in the complex and shouted slogans. IndiaTimes - Published
Sources said UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi asked the leaders to mitigate the crisis in the southern state and save the government. Azad was the one who along with Ashok Gehlot stitched together the.. IndiaTimes - Published
MNS leader Raj Thackeray met Sonia Gandhi of the Congress in New Delhi on Monday, a development that fuelled talk about alliances for the Maharashtra assembly election this year. Congress state unit.. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday met Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi and discussed the issue of EVMs and the political situation in Maharashtra where.. DNA - Published
Sonia Gandhi addressed the MPs and assured them of all the support from the Congress, a leader present at the orientation meeting held at the party's war room at 15 Gurdwara Raqabganj Road. DNA - Published
A railway official has rejected Sonia Gandhi's charges on Rae Bareli Modern Coach Factory and said that corporatisation is not privatisation. DNA - Published
Privatisation will lead to several workers getting unemployed which is against the motive for which the factory was set up. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
NV Subhash said AICC Secretary G Chinna Reddy's statement that Rao had tried to "sideline" the Nehru-Gandhi family during his tenure was "not true and condemnable". DNA - Published
PV Narasimha Rao on Thursday hit back at a senior Congress leader for his allegations against the former Prime Minister and sought an apology from the Gandhi family for "injustice" done to him. NV.. IndiaTimes - Published
According to party sources, Rahul Gandhi was requested by MPs like Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari to remain as the party chief at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Parliament. "But Rahul.. IndiaTimes - Published
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