Namaste Bharat Full: Weekend Special: Sonia Gandhi Becomes Interim Chief

After Sonia Gandhi deftly led the Congress for 19 long years and wrested power twice at the Centre and in several states, she was back in the saddle on Saturday to steer it out of troubled waters once again. Almost 20 months after she handed over the reins of the Congress to her son Rahul Gandhi, 72-year-old Sonia Gandhi emerged as the unanimous choice of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) that decided to bank on her experience and tested leadership to regain the pristine glory of 134-year-old party. Once considered the unlikely heir to the political legacy of the Gandhi family, Sonia Gandhi has earned the distinction of being the longest serving president of India's grand old party.