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Sonia Gandhi named interim Congress president; Rahul Gandhi declines again

The announcement was made after Congress Working Committee met on Saturday

CWC meet: Sonia, Rahul pull out of discussions to pick new party chief

'We cannot be part of this process,' Sonia Gandhi said

Congress demise can make India a one-party state and that's not encouraging

It's possible that India has space for just one national idea: Once it was the Congress' fuzzy, syncretic inclusiveness; now it is Modi's Hindu nationalism

Govt reaches out to Sonia Gandhi ahead of Parliament session

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday met Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi, seeking her party's cooperation for smooth functioning of the Parliament session beginning June 17. "Our meeting with Sonia Gandhi was very cordial. We sought her cooperation for the smooth functioning of Parliament. She said they (opposition) also need cooperation from treasury benches. I told her that the government has always been ready to cooperate," Joshi told reporters after the meeting at her residence. He was accompanied by Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Arjun Ram Meghwal. Ahead of the Parliament session, the Cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs is likely to meet on Friday evening at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's residence. Singh will head the meeting of the committee, whose members include Home Minister Amit Shah. The session, the first of the 17th Lok Sabha, will go on till July 26 and the budget will be tabled on July 5. Joshi's visit to Gandhi'

Sonia Gandhi takes oath as Lok Sabha member amid cheers from Oppn benches

Gandhi, who retained the Rae Bareli constituency, took her oath in Hindi on the second day of the maiden session of the new Lok Sabha

Sonia Gandhi elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party

The meeting was attended by the party's 52 newly elected Lok Sabha MPs and Rajya Sabha members

Sonia Gandhi calls Opposition meet on Friday

RJD chief Lalu could get Mayawati a Rajya Sabha seat from Bihar

Nitish skips Sonia's call, to attend Modi's lunch for Mauritius PM tomorrow

JD-U leaders remarked that it will be purely an 'official meeting' and nothing to do with politics

Sonia Gandhi's citizenship: CIC asks home ministry to respond to RTI query

Though the matter was transferred by the external affairs ministry, home ministry did not respond

Sonia Gandhi's legacy

She has decided to pass the baton to her son at a time of unprecedented crisis in the party's history

Sonia Gandhi in hospital: Mother caught stomach bug, better now, says Rahul

Son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi said Sonia Gandhi is 'much better' and there is 'nothing to worry'

Mission 2019: Sonia Gandhi hosts dinner for Opposition parties

The dinner diplomacy was reminiscent of the lunch she had hosted for opposition leaders on February 5, 2004, after the Atal Behari Vajpayee government had cut short the duration of that Lok Sabha

People being taught a new definition of patriotism, says Sonia Gandhi

She said the country's soul is being crushed through well-planned conspiracy, which is a matter of concern.

Is Sonia Gandhi, and not Rahul, the answer to ego hassles in non-BJP camp?

Sonia Gandhi has been engaged in dinner diplomacy to cobble together an anti-BJP formation

Sonia Gandhi falls ill in Shimla: Flies to Delhi from Chandigarh; updates

Sonia Gandhi complained of restlessness on Thursday night and was rushed to a hospital in Chandigarh from Shimla; she was later flown to Delhi

Sonia dinner: 20 Opposition leaders weigh Modi threat; top 10 developments

By hosting Tuesday's dinner, Sonia Gandhi indicated that she, not Congress President Rahul Gandhi, would lead the effort to build a broad unity of 'like-minded parties' to take on Narendra Modi

Reminiscent of her lunch in Feb 2004, Sonia hosts dinner for Oppn leaders

Sonia Gandhi's dinner diplomacy comes days before the Congress plenary session, its first under its new chief Rahul Gandhi

From Modi to non-Gandhi Congress chief: Highlights of Sonia Gandhi's speech

Slams Modi goverment, expresses connfidence Congress will come back to power in 2019

Flaws in India's banking system need to be fixed, says Sonia Gandhi

Critiquing the Modi government's "quick" decision-making, Gandhi said: "Yes, of course, we need to move fast but fast - F, A, S, T - cannot stand for First Act, Second Think

Sonia: Congress may be led by someone outside Nehru-Gandhi clan; highlights

Freedom to think, marry according to ones wishes is under attack, said Sonia Gandhi