At a rally for the 2001 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Sonia Gandhi saw her alliance partner, the Trinamool Congress’ Mamata Banerjee, lead her supporters in performing Mexican waves while shouting slogans. Gandhi asked a senior aide, “Do I also have to dance like this?”
She did not find success easy to come by. There were electoral reverses, and one devastating moment when she staked a claim to form the government, claiming she had the required support of 272 MPs in the Lok Sabha, only to be found embarrassingly short. She also used a no-confidence motion to pull down
She did not find success easy to come by. There were electoral reverses, and one devastating moment when she staked a claim to form the government, claiming she had the required support of 272 MPs in the Lok Sabha, only to be found embarrassingly short. She also used a no-confidence motion to pull down
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