Enter Cassandra. (Sonia Gandhi has decided to enter politics and join the Congress Party; she is the widow of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi)(Brief Article) From: The Economist (US) | Date: May 17, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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SONIA GANDHI has joined the Congress party, and so formally entered the political arena she had previously shunned. A humble primary member of the party is supposed to work for at least two years before qualifying as an active member, let alone aspiring to anything bigger. But such is the Gandhi family's hold on Congress that, if Sonia insists on becoming party president, few established members will dare object.

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