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.
What has the Congress party of Sardar Patel,Lok Manya Tilak, Subhash Chandra Bose been reduced to,Agroup of sychophants rule the roost and this party is a family monopoly now,Shame Shame Shame
The Congress Senior and Junior Leaders need to get it through their head , that as long as any Gandhi is kept as Party President , the Congress doesn’t have a million in one chance to win LokSabha election for next 25 years , hopefully Madam Sonia Gandhi would be dead by then and Rahul Gandhi kicked out of the Party , if they get any sense by then .
Why does a bunch in the Congress desire Rahul to be the President escapes me. His mother has done exemplary work in keeping the flock together and will furthermore do sterling work if she agrees be there for the new crop of leaders outside the dynasty. But there is one criterion namely, Rahul should be kept out, he is too immature for life in general, let alone the hurly burly of politics.
Sycophants
The very fact that SOnia is in and out of hospitals proves that its time to elect a new President.
But Rahul cannot understand simple logic.
I know right? Also, it will always be ill-timed considering the absolute mess that is INC right now. The people who are defending the filthy clan are just either their puppets like former PM actor or they are just sucking up to the clan to get more licenses for future opportunities of corruption. I only respect Gulam Nabi Azad from this bunch, the rest are just idiots.
The people of India demand that the Gandhis stay as leaders of Congress and keep sacrificing for the country.