Sonia Gandhi's entry into party fuels speculation

From: India Abroad | Date: May 16, 1997 | Copyright information

India Abroad
05-16-1997
Sonia Gandhi's entry into party fuels speculation

After six years of media speculation on Sonia Gandhi's ambiguous role in Indian politics, the Congress Party announced last week that the widow of Rajiv Gandhi had enrolled as a member.

The May 8 announcement, which came amid reports that investigators had completed their probe in India into the 1986 Bofors gun deal, fueled further speculation that the Italy-born Sonia Gandhi would seek the leadership of the Congress Party, which is the main parliamentary prop of Prime Minister I.K Gujral's United Front (U.F.) ...

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