In 2004 Jaya Bachchan, the wife of Amitabh Bachchan had been appointed as the Chairperson of UP Film Development Board by Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh government. She was then elected to the Rajya Sabha. A congressman who lost to her filed a petition to Election Commission for Jaya Bachchan’s disqualification citing Article 102 (1) (a) […]
From a lovely baby, Priyanka grew into a pretty girl, young lady, happily married princess and a proud mother. She had been joy of her late father and Sonia Gandhi. Pretty Priyanka carries with her princessly aura and grace. She has been chatty and articulate.Infact when Rahul and Priyanka started to interact with party workers
Back home in Italy Sonia came from a family with political history. Because of it the family suffered badly and went through a harrowing time when the opponents came to power. That experience left a bad impression on little Sonia. She detested politics and grew up as an apolitical character. Politics was a dirty word
Manmohan Singh : An eminent economist who had served on several highly important posts in economic field including World Bank was last made finance minister of India by Narsimha Rao in his cabinet. That was perhaps the only good thing done to the country by Mr. Rao. As finance minister Dr. Singh started the historic
Sonia Gandhi faced some setbacks. In the assembly elections Congress badly lost out to BJP in M.P., Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. It lost power in all three states. But strong entrenchment of Congress in Delhi and North-Eastern states gave her hope. The defeats did not dampen the spirits of Sonia Gandhi because she knew parliamentary elections
Congress under Sitaram Kesari indulged in unprincipled politics and withdrew support to Deve Gowda who had to resign. Then, the Congress supported the installation of I.K. Gujral government on April 21, 1997.The oldest and the biggest party of the land, Indian National Congress was in turmoil. Various leaders were playing manipulative games to seize party
After the brutal assassination of Rajiv Gandhi the senior Congressmen naturally assumed that Sonia Gandhi would accept the leadership of the party. To them it looked a normal succession process. After Indiraji the Congressmen had made Rajiv Gandhi as their leader. Rajiv had accepted the responsibility for the sake of the nation, party and family
On the morning of 22nd May, the tragic death of Rajiv Gandhi spread all over like wild fire. The heinous act of assassination by a suicide bomber shocked and angered the people. The crowds converged on 10, Janpath. There was danger of violence breaking out in Delhi. The people looked ready to explode in anger.
On April 24, 1991 Rajiv filed his nomination papers from Amethi for the fourth time. A huge crowd was there to cheer when Rajiv Gandhi landed there with his wife Sonia Gandhi. A special plane had carried them. From airport the couple had to travel to the office of the collector to file papers which
Indian army was badly in need of a field howitzer gun. Considering the need of the army during the rule of Rajiv Gandhi the government finalised a 1.4 billion contract with A.B. Bofors of Sweden for the supply of 410 155 mm Bofors Field Howitzers to Indian Army after a careful evaluation and trials. The
As the wife of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi she had the exalted status of being the First Lady but Sonia never paraded herself in that image. Some misgiving or fear always lurked in the corner of her heart. Without Indiraji everything looked empty to her. Rajiv tried his best to provide emotional support to her
Meanwhile, Punjab was in the grip of Khalistani terrorists. They wanted to create independent state called ‘Khalistan’. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi would never allow any separatist activity to succeed. It meant Balkanistation of India, not acceptable at any cost. To defend the integrity of the country Indira Gandhi took strong steps to eliminate terrorism from
After becoming a Gandhi, Sonia began to mould herself in Indian tradition and culture without any delay or hitch. In little time an Italian born girl transformed into an Indian traditional bahu (daughter-in-law). To be a daugher-in-law of a traditional Indian family she Indianised her wear and style whereas many upper class Indians were giving
Sonia was born on December 9, 1946 in a middle class family of Italy. Stefano Maino was her father and Paula Maino was the name of her mother. Sonia had two sibling sisters and she was the second one. The elder sister was called Anushka Maino and Nadia Maino the younger one.Stefano Maino was one
Today, Sonia Gandhi is a household name, she needs no introduction. In the firmament of Indian politics she shines as the brightest star. That is the proof of her political acumen, courage and discipline. In a way we can say that she redeemed Indian National Congress that was on the verge of slipping down into