Incidentally, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had back in 2001, taken a holy dip at the Kumbh Mela in 2001, when her Indianness was rightly being questioned, however, years after a long political career, Gandhi was neither seen at the 2007 Kumbh nor at the once-in-a-century Mahakumbh 2025.
"I and every BJP Karyakarta strongly condemns the usage of the phrase "poor thing" by Smt. Sonia Gandhi for Honourable President of India, Droupadi Murmu Ji. The deliberate usage of such words shows the elitist, anti-poor and anti-tribal nature of the Congress Party," JP Nadda, BJP President said in a post on X.
In 2013, Rahul Gandhi, who held no official position in UPA government, publicly dismissed an ordinance meant to overturn a Supreme Court ruling as “nonsense” and tore it up during a press conference. He not only embarrassed the govt but also undermined Dr Singh's authority as PM.
After Manmohan Singh’s death, it has been revealed by journalist Pankaj Vohra that Sonia Gandhi’s letter declining the PM position was drafted by journalist Vir Sanghvi
"I had requested Sonia Gandhi in September to return the Nehru papers to PMML or allow us access either in digital or physical form," Rizwan Kadri told OpIndia.
In an article, the Bangladeshi journalist stated that the Congress party deliberately never called Sonia Gandhi by her original name. He also called Sonia Gandhi a 'mafia queen' and a 'Pakistani ISI asset' who has been carrying out her 'activities' in India.
There are 39 members listed in the recent CWC composition, out of which at least 25 belong to the General category or Upper Caste including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P. Chidambaram, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi.