Sonia returns to Delhi after undergoing surgery abroad

Congress president Sonia Gandhi returned here this morning from London after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed ailment a little more than a month ago.

"Congress president returned early on Thursday and she is fine," party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said without disclosing details of the nature of ailment, surgery or the place where it was done. Gandhi arrived here at 6.20 am from London in a British Airways Flight and Congress sources said she is unlikely to meet anyone for sometime. She left the country on August 2 and had thereafter undergone a surgery.

Immediately after her departure, Congress had made a brief announcement saying Gandhi had been recently diagnosed with a medical condition and was advised surgery.

The Congress president had handed over reins of the party to a group of four comprising Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders A K Antony, Ahmed Patel and Dwivedi.

Rahul had recently returned to India after attending to his ailing mother.