Modi greets Sonia on her birthday
New Delhi Dec 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her 70th birthday.
"Birthday greetings to Congress President... I pray for her long life and good health " Modi said in a tweet.
The Congress party also wished Gandhi. "Compassionate hardworking selfless. Calm and composed yet dignified and strong. A force for empowerment against all odds."
"A mother a leader a friend. Wishing Congress President Sonia Gandhi a very happy birthday " a tweet from Congress official account said.
She was born Sonia Maino to Stefano and Paola Maino on this day in 1946 in a small village near Vicenza Italy.
She married Rajiv Gandhi in 1968. She took up Indian citizenship and began living with her mother-in-law the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at the latter s New Delhi residence.
She stepped in as the party President in 1998 seven years after her husband s assassination. She has remained in office since.
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