When Sonia Gandhi gave photo-op with PM Modi, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla a miss

Sonia Gandhi, born as Edvige Antonia Albina Màino, is an Italy-born Indian politician and the current leader of the Indian National Congress. She is the widow of Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India, and mother of Indian politicians Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.

She joined the Congress party and ventured into the Indian politics post her husband’s assassination. After much compulsion from the party members, Sonia finally entered politics in 1997 and became the party president in the year 1998. She holds the record of being longest Congress president, as many as 10 years at one go.

In 2004 when the party won the General Elections, Sonia denied to take up the post of the prime minister and instead put forward Manmohan Singh’s name for the job.