Highlights 1 Sonia Gandhi became Congress president in 1998. Sonia Gandhi recalled her tenure as Congress president which she termed as eventful. WHEN SONIA GANDHI BECAME CONGRESS CHIEFAfter having rejected the offer to lead the Congress twice after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination over next eight years, Sonia Gandhi finally agreed to join politics in 1998. CONGRESS REGROUPEDThe next five years were the most crucial years for Sonia Gandhi as the Congress president. Now when Sonia has passed the leadership baton to Rahul Gandhi, the Congress president meets almost the same predicament as his mother 19 years ago.

Source: India Today December 16, 2017 08:03 UTC