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Storied Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty Revived; Ghandi Likely To Assume Prime Minister Seat This Week
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas May 15, 2004 02:08pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, May 15, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Storied Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty Revived; Ghandi Likely To Assume Prime Minister Seat This Week
The Honolulu Advertiser
After all the pundits had written off the family dynasty that dates back to the birth of modern India, the legendary Nehru-Gandhi clan has captured the kingdom once again. And its matriarch, Sonia Gandhi, is likely this week to become India's first foreign-born prime minister, further burnishing the family name. "I feel deeply humbled," Gandhi told fellow Congress party lawmakers after they elected her their Parliament leader Saturday in a major step toward making the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi the next leader of the world's largest democracy. "I stand here today, in the space once occupied by my great teachers," she said, naming India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, her mother-in-law, Indira Gandhi, and her late husband. "I would like to remember them today. I would like to honor them." |
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