Word: rajiv
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...that it planned to make Mrs. Gandhi's Italian birth the centerpiece of its campaign in an election bereft of policy issues. Congress had focused much of its campaigning around Gandhi, using the almost mythical allure of the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty (she's the widow of assassinated prime minister Rajiv Gandhi) to rally an electorate made cynical by years of corruption scandals and petty politicking. By Tuesday she hadn't backed down, despite the exhortations of Congress leaders and thousands of demonstrators to reconsider...
...Gandhi, widow of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, led Congress to victory in last year?s regional elections, which were fought over such bread-and-butter issues as the country?s onion shortage. ?By projecting Sonia as a Christian and implying that there?s a threat to Hindus from conversions, they?re trying to create an issue with which to beat Congress,? says Rahman. Still, that?s unlikely to impress voters unless there?s an onion in every...
Then several years ago, Harrison joined forces with Professor of Chemistry Gregory L. Verdine and Huang. Rajiv Chopra, another post-doctoral fellow, joined the effort soon after...
...future of Sonia Gandhi: Her reluctant entry into politics is credited with saving Congress from being totally routed at the polls, and although she has thus far refused to be prime minister, her undisputed popular appeal may prove too tempting for Congress?s jaded leaders to bypass. Besides, Rajiv?s widow may have a natural flair for India?s unstable coalition politics -- after all, she hails from Italy, which has had 55 governments since...
...emergence of Sonia Gandhi as spokesperson of the Congress party has created more profound dilemmas. The widow of Rajiv Gandhi and heir apparent to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has ruled India for nearly 40 of the past 50 years, Sonia Gandhi is an Italian-born Roman Catholic who became an Indian Citizen only 12 years ago. Her cross-country campaign for Congress has sparked debates over the question "Who is an Indian...