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Sonia a biography

Kidwai, Rasheed more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Non Fiction
BIC Subjects: Biography & autobiography

Publisher: Penguin Books
Imprint: Penguin Books
Publication Date: 1/01/2012
Place of Publication: United States

RRP: $19.95
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Sonia Gandhi's transformation from an unsure Congress party president to the unchallenged political chief of the ruling United Progressive Alliance government happened with some speed in the aftermath of the Congress-led coalition's surprise victory in the 2004 general election. Her renunciation of the prime minister's post enhanced her moral stature in the public eye, but it is her skilled handling of the equation with the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, that indicates the emergence of a self-confident politician, secure in her position at the helm of national affairs. In this fully revised and updated biography, Rasheed Kidwai tracks the evolution of the new Sonia Gandhi against the backdrop of the Congress party's return to power after years in the Opposition.