Sonia Gandhi is the longest-serving president of the Congress party, which has governed India during most of its post-Independence decades. She was born in Italy, and educated at Cambridge University, where she met Rajiv Gandhi, who was then the son of prime minister Indira Gandhi. The two married in 1968.
After Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in 1991, during campaigning for that year’s general elections, Sonia Gandhi initially stayed away from politics, but in 1998, she was chosen as the president of the Congress party. Under her leadership, in 2004, a Congress-led coalition came to power at the Centre. She famously declined to be prime minister — her foreign birth had become a politically controversial issue — and instead chose the economist Manmohan Singh. She was then named the chairperson of the coalition, which was called the United Progressive Alliance or the UPA.
Sonia Gandhi won her first Lok Sabha election in 1999, representing Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, a family stronghold. From 2004, she has represented Rae Bareli as an MP in the Lok Sabha. In 2024, she announced she was contesting elections from the Rajya Sabha, the indirectly elected house of Parliament, signalling her stepping back from electoral politics.
Gandhi family will never let go of the party which has been their bread , butter and bacon. They have to have the control over assets of the party. Once out of party who will protect them from Income tax dept and ED. They are the ultimate limpets.
Unfortunately neither Soniyaji nor Rahul has that calibre or stature of Mrs. Indira Gandhi…. That’s the problem the party is facing at present…. So they must look for a new face to take the sinking ship through the troubled waters….
Why would Pappu & his Mummy want to relinquish their “leadership role”? The Party has assets worth Re 50,000 Crore all over the country.
Even a half-wit like Pappu understands that letting go of a “leadership role” means letting go of that loot.
Does anyone imagine even in their wettest of wet dreams that this Family has the good of the country at heart?
50 000 crores is not with congress party
But I their personal account abroad
Benjamin properties in india in their control
Party is needed to protect themselves in case of raid court cases etc
I can hear Shekhar crying.
Lol