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.
Sycophancy at its best (or is it ‘worst’)
At least after this drama, journalists should stop using the term “leader” for any Congressman.
After watching Cut the Clutter as well. The Gandhi family will not relinquish control over the Congress party. A cardboard cutout as President will serve no useful purpose. 2. As for Shri Rahul Gandhi’s return, that would be a terrible idea. This is one of the major political misjudgment’s of Smt Sonia Gandhi’s political career. Foisting someone who was clearly lacking in ability and devotion. When the sun is shining, anything will fly. Not in a Siberian winter. For what it may prove to be worth, the mantle should pass to Ms Priyanka Gandhi. A path strewn with boulders, not rose petals. She should demonstrate how much of PM Indira Gandhi’s DNA she has inherited.
Great. Millions of Congress workers and 100+ CWP leaders could not think out of the box. They think, Sonia (Gandhi) or Rahul (Gandhi) or Priyanka Vadra (Gandhi) or possibly next Pidi (Gandhi). The only thing missing here is adding surname to Pidi to make it president of Congress party.
Those who want to be slaves willingly do not deserve to be in power over people. Congress deserves to be decimated.