Essays

Sonia Gandhi is truly one of the most popular Indian. Women. Who with her amazing grace anointed as the queen of sacrifice. The way by which she declined the post prime minister of India has proved her to be true True India. She is the course, became the first –never person to decline the post of the M.P and amazed the whole words a mind that she would not accept the post of prime minister even if it. Came her way.

Born at the small town of Orbassano. Near Turin, Italy in 1916. Sonia amino was sent to Cambridge, UK to study English where in 1965, she met Rajiv Gandhi whine resulted in their marriage. It gave her the honor of becoming a part of a great India family now they stated leading a happy life. Away from politics. Rajiv was an Indian Airlines pilot, and politics remained limited to his mother Indira and younger brother Sanjay.

After the death of sanjay, Rajiv joined India politics. Yet Sonia was at the back of it. The circumstances made Rajiv the prime minister of India after India. Sonia helped Rajiv in his jobs later in 1989 elections, Rajiv was voted out. During the next election campaigns in 1991 he was trying to make a comeback at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, when he was killed so tragically on May 21, 1991 It  was really a  great  shock to the family, Sonia had to start a new chapter of her life; a life without Rajiv She was preferred to remain an Indian.

She remained outside Congress politics till 1998. However, gradually, after 2 years of congress primary membership, she was elected the congress president in 1998. Her record as Congress president in the last six years is a saw of success on one hand, and tension on the other. Not being part of the factional and person ality strifes in the party. She was able to function as a catalyst to unite the party. She led the party to electoral victorie in many states. However, she could regain people’s confidence over her party and finally her party was in position to form goat. at the Center and –she was to become the Prime Minister, But she declined this highest Parliamentary post It symbolises her sense of Sacrifice.

For a long lime- she had the image of a sphinx, cold, aloof Clueless lo tackle 1ndia .and Indian ness She was just the lady who would stand beside the funeral pyres of her beloved ones. But Her slow has won the race and proved her to be a highly matured and without any self for the whole society.