Sonia Gandhi (English: Sonia Gandhi) is a famous Indian leader. Sonia was born on 9 December 1946 in ‘Luciana’, Italy, in a ‘Mano’ family. Sonia Gandhi is the President of the Indian National Congress. She is the MP from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh and along with this she also heads the ‘UPA’ in the 14th Lok Sabha. After the assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi, she entered politics. Sonia Gandhi has achieved an important position on the national and international political horizon. Sonia Gandhi is the daughter-in-law of an influential political family of India.
As is tradition in Louisiana homes, pink ribbons were tied when Sonia was born. Sonia was named ‘Edvije Antonia Albina Maino’ in church, but her father ‘Stefano’ called her Sonia. By keeping the Russian name, he wanted to thank the Russian families who had saved his life during World War II. Sonia’s father Stefano was in Mussolini’s army which was defeated by the Russian army.
Sonia attended the Convent School of ‘Giaveno’, she was not a good student, but was cheerful and helpful to others. Due to cough and asthma, she used to sleep alone in the boarding school. Later, while studying in ‘Turin’, the dream of becoming an air hostess also arose in her mind, but that dream soon changed. After this, she also wanted to become a ‘foreign language teacher’ or ‘translator in the United Nations’. Congress President Sonia Gandhi may have been accepted easily by Indians, but her success remains a matter of surprise for other countries. His journey from an ordinary family to the top of the world’s largest democracy has aroused deep curiosity among people. Keeping this in mind, ‘Spanish writer and journalist’ ‘Javier Moro’ has written a book on her life named ‘El Saree Rojo’ (The Red Saree).
After primary education, he enrolled in an educational institution teaching foreign languages and learned English, French and Russian. She met Shri Rajiv Gandhi in ‘Cambridge’, where she was pursuing further studies in English language. Rajiv was studying at Trinity College, Cambridge at that time. In the year 1965, both of them met in a ‘Greek restaurant’. After that Sonia Gandhi came to India. Her marriage with Rajiv Gandhi took place in New Delhi in 1968. Rajiv Gandhi was a pilot and was not interested in politics. Sonia Gandhi spent most of her married life taking care of her family. He also fulfilled his responsibilities well as an aide to his mother-in-law Indira Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi has two children, son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi’s husband Rajiv Gandhi had no interest in politics and worked as an airline pilot. After the Emergency, when Indira Gandhi had to leave power, Rajiv Gandhi went to live abroad with his family for some time. But after the untimely death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in a plane crash in 1980, Rajiv Gandhi entered politics in 1982 to support mother Indira Gandhi. Initially, Sonia avoided political activities and had completely settled into the role of a ‘housewife’. Her presence in Indian public life increased after the assassination of her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the election of her husband as Prime Minister.
Being the wife of the Prime Minister, Sonia played the role of his official host and accompanied him on trips to different countries. She also kept looking after the matters related to her husband’s constituency Amethi from time to time. He paid full attention to the development works of Uttar Pradesh, especially ‘health related camps’ and ‘public welfare works’, he promoted them with his participation. In 1984, during her husband’s tenure as Prime Minister, the issue of ‘kickback’ (commission – bribe) taken by the ‘Indian Army’ in the purchase of ‘Bofors cannon’ came up, the main character of which was an Italian citizen, Ottavio Quattoracci, who was a close friend of Sonia Gandhi. Was a friend. Congress was defeated in the next elections and Rajiv Gandhi had to step down from the post of Prime Minister. There was every possibility of Congress winning the next elections and Rajiv Gandhi becoming Prime Minister again, but on May 21, 1991, Tamil terrorists assassinated Rajiv Gandhi in a bomb blast.
After the assassination of her husband in 1991, she established the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Foundation’ and its sister organization ‘Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies’. As president of these institutions, she actively contributed to carrying forward the ideological legacy of her husband. She is also the president of other non-governmental organizations. After the murder of her husband, senior Congress leaders without consulting Sonia announced the appointment of Sonia Gandhi as the President of the Congress, but Sonia did not accept it and expressed her hatred and distrust towards politicians in the words that I I will see my children begging, but I will not step into politics. He did not step into politics for a long time and concentrated on raising his son and daughter. Congress also lost the 1996 general elections due to the weak Prime Ministership of ‘P V Narasimha Rao’ and after that due to ‘Sitaram Kesari’ being the weak President of the Congress, the support of the Congress was decreasing due to which the Congress leaders again appealed to Nehru- Felt the need for a member of the Gandhi family. She finally joined the Congress as a primary member at the 1997 Congress conference in Kolkata. Under his pressure, Sonia Gandhi accepted the primary membership of Congress in the ‘Plenary Session’ of Kolkata in 1997 and within 62 days, Sonia Gandhi was elected President of Congress in 1998. He also tried unsuccessfully to form a government. After entering politics, the issue of him being a foreigner was raised. His weak Hindi was also made an issue. He was also accused of nepotism but the Congressmen did not leave him and kept denying these issues.
In the beginning of her political career, Congress President Sonia Gandhi got the most help from former Union Minister late Madhavrao Scindia. Sonia Gandhi contested the elections for the Lok Sabha in October 1999 from Bellary, Karnataka as well as from her late husband’s constituency of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, and won with a huge lead of about three lakh votes. In 1999, she was elected Leader of the Opposition in the 13th Lok Sabha. In 2003, despite everyone’s opposition, Sonia Gandhi single-handedly brought a no-confidence motion against the NDA government of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which was not successful, but due to this, Sonia Gandhi’s personal image as an opponent of the NDA government was well established. This happened and he benefited from it in the 2004 general elections.
The Left parties decided to support the government of Congress and its allies to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of power, resulting in a clear majority for the Congress and its allies. Before the 2004 elections, the general opinion was that Atal Bihari Vajpayee would become the Prime Minister, but Sonia campaigned extensively across the country and in results that shocked everyone, Congress unexpectedly got more than 200 seats. He successfully led the election campaign of the Congress Party in the 2004 general elections, as a result of which the Congress Party emerged as the largest party and a coalition government of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was formed under the leadership of Congress. In this election, Sonia Gandhi was elected MP from Rae Bareli region of Uttar Pradesh.
NDA leaders, angry at their defeat, accused Sonia Gandhi of being of foreign origin and some well-known leaders like Sushma Swaraj and Uma Bharti announced that if Sonia Gandhi became the Prime Minister, she would shave her head and Will sleep on the ground only. The Congress Party unanimously elected Sonia Gandhi as its leader in the Parliament and the public expected that she would take oath as the Prime Minister but she refused to take the post and declared that she did not want to become the Prime Minister. On 18 May, he named Manmohan Singh as his candidate and requested the party to support him. Everyone protested against this and he was requested to change this decision but he said that it was never his goal to become the Prime Minister. All the leaders supported Manmohan Singh and he became the Prime Minister but Sonia was elected the president of the party and the alliance.
Due to being the chairperson of the ‘National Suggestion Committee’, Sonia Gandhi was accused of being a member of the Lok Sabha along with holding an office of profit, as a result of which on March 23, 2006, she resigned from both the post of the chairperson of the National Suggestion Committee and the membership of the Lok Sabha. . In May 2006, she was re-elected as MP from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, defeating her nearest rival by more than four lakh votes.
Till May 2006, Sonia Gandhi was the Chairperson of the ‘National Advisory Council’. The ‘National Advisory Council’ from time to time gave suggestions to the government on important socio-economic issues. The schemes and policies that came into action based on the suggestions of the Council include ‘National Rural Employment Scheme’, ‘Right to Information’, ‘National Rural Health Scheme’, ‘Mid Day Meal Scheme’, Jawaharlal Nehru ‘Urban Renewal Mission’ and ‘National Rehabilitation Policy’. On 2 October 2007, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi addressed the United Nations. Today, Mrs. Gandhi is one of the most powerful figures in Indian politics and has been ranked among the three most powerful women in the world by Forbes magazine. She has also made a place among the 100 most powerful personalities of the world in the list of ‘Time Magazine’ for the years 2007 and 2008.
On his initiative as Chairman of the National Advisory Council, the government implemented many public welfare schemes. He has special interest in environmental issues, empowerment of vulnerable youth and women and schemes being run for the welfare of children. Some of these are important-
She has also written two books on her husband – ‘Rajiv’ and ‘Rajiv’s World’. Apart from this, he has edited a book consisting of two parts – ‘Freedom’s Daughter’ and ‘Too Alone, Too Together’. In which the correspondence between Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi from 1922 to 1964 has been compiled. Apart from this, Mrs. Gandhi is also fond of Hindustani, classical and tribal art. She is also interested in handloom, handicrafts, Indian contemporary literature, traditional and tribal art, and folklore. He has also obtained a diploma from ‘National Museum’ in the subject of conservation of oil paintings.
Sonia Gandhi has been the longest serving Congress President of the country’s oldest political party, Congress. In this matter he has broken all the records of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Congress was established in Mumbai in the year 1885 AD. Its first president is ‘WC Banerjee’. In the 125-year history of the Congress Party since its establishment in 1885, people from the Nehru-Gandhi family were president for 35 years. In this, Motilal Nehru remained on the post of Congress President for 2 years, Jawaharlal Nehru for 6 years, Indira Gandhi for 8 years, Rajiv Gandhi for 7 years, while Sonia Gandhi remained the President of Congress for 12 years. Now Sonia Gandhi has been re-elected as Congress President for another 4 years. Throughout her political career, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has exemplified the ancient Indian tradition of sacrifice and service. He has set a new example by breaking the tradition of politics for power. In fact, Mrs. Gandhi is carrying forward the same work done by Pandit Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi whose aim is to make India a modern, powerful and dynamic country.
Sonia Gandhi is an unwavering adventurer of India. They are settled in the civilization, culture, art, beliefs and customs of India. She is the daughter-in-law of a family of great freedom fighters of India. She has deeply felt the ideals and traditions of Pt. Motilal Nehru, Mrs. Indira Gandhi and her Bharat Ratna husband Rajiv Gandhi. When she came to India, the country was making itself felt in the world’s development world under the leadership of Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The whole world has seen this woman’s selfless attitude towards her position.
