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.
How can this be a hoax… this means she knows nothing of what she speaks.. haha so dumb ass..
Congr ass party..
WTF , go to 3:40 and you can hear it again. BTW she don’t have to say what they did
Atleast she speaks better hindi than most of the Indians who were born & brought up in India. Though she was an Italian but she loves India as much as we do . She could have left the grand old party & lived a peaceful life after her husbands death but she stayed & led the party to a grand victory. I respect her for her sheer strength & no nonsense attitude. But you guys won’t understand bcoz you get impressed by mere speeches & false promises.
Next time i guess u r voting for pappu and her mommieeee…
I am curious to know as to why ‘The Print’ is more interested in defending her with this stupid clarification. Nobody is deaf here and we can hear it loud and clear what she said. She actually said ‘balatkar’. It would have been a better news if you guys clarified the fact that she mispronounced the word unknowingly.
CORRECT
If people read written statement like in 3 idiots it happens this also gave u how much madam understand what she tells people of India when she her self does not know what she is saying
It is sad such people want to be our leaders in NDTV conclave she learnt good Hindi
Dynasty Defence League has started it’s work.
What are you, a paid chamcha of the Congress party or a Butler of Anthonia Maino?
Hey Bhagvan, save us from Italian pasta aunty and the brainless wonder Pappu who dream to conquer Hindustan. I pray because most of us in public is brain dead to think, knows nothing but servitude, and go ga ga around raskal politicians who does nothing but to loot the country. Now we have a PM who is selfless , love the country, trying hard to make India shine with all odds he has to face. Let him have one more term and India will be a successful nation.
Our PM loves the country…. actually he loves it so much that he used India’s flag to wipe his face. Period.
righto, he even walked around like an idiot when the national anthem was played. he loves our people and that is why he tries the british tactic of divide and rule and destroys the economy with DEMO and GST. what a lovely PM. he is so educated that he is afraid of allowing us to see his certificates too. What an apt man to lead our great country.
I am curious to know why this Nehru family having origins of different countrt & different Religions want rule this Hindu nation ?
Kindly goback to Italy and try to rule your country. Please spare this nation.
Thanks
Not sure why these RSS brahmins of proven European origins want to call themselves Hindus. Oh yes, before you mindlessly strike back, do Google for the NCBI genetic research for the same.
absolutely agree… give us the new leader we might think of congress again… When actually needed during manipur (north east ) election results , nawabjade was in Italy why to celebrate holi with Grani … When did Italy started celebrating holi… ha ha haaa….
I listened to the clip five times. It is absolutely clear she said “balatkar”. She clearly starts the word with a “b” and not a “p”. Also, it just doesn’t sound like a”palat kar”. Don’t be an apologist. Let people decide. Do not challenge their intelligence, because then, your own credentials are in question.