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===Active politics and Congress President (1991–1998)=== | ===Active politics and Congress President (1991–1998)=== | ||
[[File:Vladimir Putin in India 2-5 October 2000-15.jpg|thumb|right|Sonia Gandhi as Leader of Opposition, meeting with the [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] during his State visit to India in October 2000.]] | [[File:Vladimir Putin in India 2-5 October 2000-15.jpg|thumb|right|Sonia Gandhi as Leader of Opposition, meeting with the [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] during his State visit to India in October 2000.]] | ||
After Rajiv Gandhi [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|was assassinated in 1991]] and Sonia Gandhi refused<ref>{{Cite news|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|date=24 May 1991|title=ASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Sonia Gandhi Declines Invitation To Assume Husband's Party Post|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/24/world/assassination-india-sonia-gandhi-declines-invitation-assume-husband-s-party-post.html|access-date=13 September 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to succeed him as the Congress president, the party settled on the choice of [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] who subsequently became Prime Minister after winning elections [[1991 Indian general election|that year]]. Over the next few years, however, the Congress fortunes continued to dwindle and it lost the [[1996 Indian general election|1996 elections]]. Several senior leaders such as [[Madhavrao Sindhia]], [[Rajesh Pilot]], [[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]], [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]], [[Mamata Banerjee]], [[G. K. Moopanar]], [[P. Chidambaram]] and [[Jayanthi Natarajan]] were in open revolt against incumbent President [[Sitaram Kesri]] and many of whom quit the party, splitting the Congress into many factions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-the-sitaram-kesri-case-how-dynasty-trumped-ethics-1564149 |title=The Sitaram Kesri case: How dynasty trumped ethics | Latest News & Updates at |work=Daily News & Analysis |date=10 July 2011|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> | After Rajiv Gandhi [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|was assassinated in 1991]] and Sonia Gandhi refused<ref>{{Cite news|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|date=24 May 1991|title=ASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Sonia Gandhi Declines Invitation To Assume Husband's Party Post|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/24/world/assassination-india-sonia-gandhi-declines-invitation-assume-husband-s-party-post.html|access-date=13 September 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to succeed him as the Congress president and prime minister, the party settled on the choice of [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] who subsequently became Prime Minister after winning elections [[1991 Indian general election|that year]]. Over the next few years, however, the Congress fortunes continued to dwindle and it lost the [[1996 Indian general election|1996 elections]]. Several senior leaders such as [[Madhavrao Sindhia]], [[Rajesh Pilot]], [[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]], [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]], [[Mamata Banerjee]], [[G. K. Moopanar]], [[P. Chidambaram]] and [[Jayanthi Natarajan]] were in open revolt against incumbent President [[Sitaram Kesri]] and many of whom quit the party, splitting the Congress into many factions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-the-sitaram-kesri-case-how-dynasty-trumped-ethics-1564149 |title=The Sitaram Kesri case: How dynasty trumped ethics | Latest News & Updates at |work=Daily News & Analysis |date=10 July 2011|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> | ||
In an effort to revive the party's sagging fortunes, she joined the Congress Party as a primary member in the Calcutta Plenary Session in 1997 and became party leader in 1998.<ref name=elections.in/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sonia-gandhi-re-elected-congress-president-unopposed-49389|title=Sonia Gandhi re-elected Congress president, unopposed|work=NDTV|date=3 September 2010|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> | In an effort to revive the party's sagging fortunes, she joined the Congress Party as a primary member in the Calcutta Plenary Session in 1997 and became party leader in 1998.<ref name=elections.in/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sonia-gandhi-re-elected-congress-president-unopposed-49389|title=Sonia Gandhi re-elected Congress president, unopposed|work=NDTV|date=3 September 2010|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref> | ||