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After the UPA government was formed, she became the chairperson of the coalition as well as the National Advisory Council.Despite being the president of the party, Gandhi declined the post of prime ministership and Manmohan Singh was sworn-in as the PM
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Congress, along with other parties, created the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and formed a coalition government at the Centre. In 2004, she was elected as the Member of Parliament from Rae Bareli and owing to her campaigning efforts, Congress also won the highest number of seats in the general elections that year.It also upheld her election to the Lok Sabha from Amethi in 1999 In September 2001, the Supreme Court ruled that Sonia Gandhi was an Indian citizen, by virtue of the certificate granted to her under Section 5(1)(c) of the Citizenship Act.Gandhi won the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) in 1999 and, subsequently, became the leader of the Opposition in the Lower House.In April 1998, she was elected as the president of the Congress party.She became a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1997.
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Gandhi established the eponymous NGO Rajiv Gandhi Foundation after the assassination of her husband in 1991.Despite being a part of the Nehru-Gandhi family, Sonia Gandhi maintained her distance from politics for a long time.