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The nearly two-decade-long tenure of Sonia Gandhi as the Congress president came to an end as she handed over the reins of the party to her son Rahul Gandhi on Monday, leaving behind a...
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Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the party, having held the office for over twenty years from 1998 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2022. The latest election of president was held on 17 October 2022, [12] in which Mallikarjun Kharge became the new president defeating Shashi Tharoor in the 2022 Indian National Congress presidential election.
No.Year (s) Of PresidencyLeaderPlace Of Conference1December 18852December 18863December 18874December 18885 days ago · Sonia Gandhi (born December 9, 1946, Lusiana, Veneto region, Italy) is an Italian -born Indian politician who was president of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party; 1998–2017, 2019–22) and chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (2004– ), a coalition of centre-left parties.
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- Sonia Gandhi was born in Lusiana, Italy, to an Italian building contractor. She was raised Roman Catholic and had little knowledge of India growing...
- Sonia Gandhi was thrust into politics after the assassination of her husband, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. She became president of the India...
- In 1968 Sonia married Rajiv Gandhi, son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Rajiv later was prime minister (1984–89). After his assassination in 1991,...
After Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991 and Sonia Gandhi refused [40] to succeed him as the Congress president and prime minister, the party settled on the choice of P. V. Narasimha Rao who subsequently became Prime Minister after winning elections that year.
Aug 24, 2020 · Sonia Gandhi has agreed to stay on as interim president of India's opposition Congress party for now, after earlier calling for a successor to be elected. Ms Gandhi had said she would step down...
Mar 14, 2022 · Sonia Gandhi to continue as Congress interim president, after four-hour long CWC meet. Congress will hold a Chintan Shivir after the Budget Session and it will meet again before that,...
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Feb 25, 2023 · It was around 25 years ago that Sonia Gandhi first became the Congress president. When the reluctant politician first took over the reins of the party in 1998, the Congress was in disarray — two of its ‘natural’ leaders assassinated within a decade, fresh from a Lok Sabha election loss, and facing infighting and defections.
