Sonia Gandhi
To Be Sonia Gandhi
The Indian culture is obsessed with females…in every form, as the Mother, as a symbol of power and as the symbol of honor. The position of a daughter-in-law actually is the most sensitive one in the Indian social consciousness. In refusing to take a seat of power, Sonia Gandhi has stood one test of this ….
Sonia Gandhi and Left Win Polls But Congress Suffers
Sonia Gandhi and India's Communist parties won record majorities in elections yesterday but the Congress party, which Mrs Gandhi leads, lost two states.
I Never Wanted Pm's Job, Says Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's Congress party, said yesterday she had never wanted to become prime minister despite winning an unexpected victory at general elections in May. Breaking a six-month silence over her surprise decision not to take office, the 58-year-old told an...
Architect of Reform to Be India's First Sikh Pm
Sonia Gandhi named Manmohan Singh, a 71-year-old Oxford-educated economist, for the post of prime minister of India.
Uproar As Gandhi Says: I Won't Be Pm
Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of India's Congress party, yesterday abandoned the race to become prime minister days after winning a general election, saying that leading the nation had not been her aim. Mrs Gandhi's decision stunned her supporters, who demonstrated in Delhi last...
Sonia Gandhi Declines Indian Prime Ministership
Sonia Gandhi, widely expected to have been named as India's new prime minister, today stunned her supporters by "humbly declining" to take up the post. "The post of prime minister has not been my aim," she told members of her Congress party in India's parliament. "I was always certain...
Uncertainty Grows Over Gandhi Premiership
Doubts were today growing over whether Sonia Gandhi, widely expected to have been named as India's new prime minister by now, would take up the post. The first questions about her intentions arose earlier today when she met the Indian president to discuss forming the next government, but...
Sonia Gandhi Promises 'secular' Rule
Sonia Gandhi was poised last night to be the fourth member of the dynasty to lead India after the Congress party chose her unanimously as its parliamentary head. Standing under life-sized portraits of former Prime Ministers, including her assassinated husband Rajiv, her mother-in-law...
Gandhi Allies Send Shares Diving
Sonia Gandhi looked almost certain to become the first foreign-born leader of modern India last night after winning the support of the country's communist parties. But celebrations were overshadowed by steep falls on the country's stock market as concerns grew about the pivotal role of...
Gandhi Closer to Indian Leadership
Sonia Gandhi today moved closer to becoming the next prime minister of India, although some of the euphoria generated by her Congress party's stunning election victory was lost when the stock market fell to a four-year low. The Congress party was forced to deny that its need to court...
Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's Congress party, said yesterday she had never wanted to become prime minister despite winning an unexpected victory at general elections in May. Breaking a six-month silence over her surprise decision not to take office, the 58-year-old told an...
Architect of Reform to Be India's First Sikh Pm
Sonia Gandhi named Manmohan Singh, a 71-year-old Oxford-educated economist, for the post of prime minister of India.
Uproar As Gandhi Says: I Won't Be Pm
Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of India's Congress party, yesterday abandoned the race to become prime minister days after winning a general election, saying that leading the nation had not been her aim. Mrs Gandhi's decision stunned her supporters, who demonstrated in Delhi last...
Sonia Gandhi Declines Indian Prime Ministership
Sonia Gandhi, widely expected to have been named as India's new prime minister, today stunned her supporters by "humbly declining" to take up the post. "The post of prime minister has not been my aim," she told members of her Congress party in India's parliament. "I was always certain...
Uncertainty Grows Over Gandhi Premiership
Doubts were today growing over whether Sonia Gandhi, widely expected to have been named as India's new prime minister by now, would take up the post. The first questions about her intentions arose earlier today when she met the Indian president to discuss forming the next government, but...
Sonia Gandhi Promises 'secular' Rule
Sonia Gandhi was poised last night to be the fourth member of the dynasty to lead India after the Congress party chose her unanimously as its parliamentary head. Standing under life-sized portraits of former Prime Ministers, including her assassinated husband Rajiv, her mother-in-law...
Gandhi Allies Send Shares Diving
Sonia Gandhi looked almost certain to become the first foreign-born leader of modern India last night after winning the support of the country's communist parties. But celebrations were overshadowed by steep falls on the country's stock market as concerns grew about the pivotal role of...
Gandhi Closer to Indian Leadership
Sonia Gandhi today moved closer to becoming the next prime minister of India, although some of the euphoria generated by her Congress party's stunning election victory was lost when the stock market fell to a four-year low. The Congress party was forced to deny that its need to court...