Paola Maino, mother of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, has passed away. He died on 27 August in Italy and the last rites took place yesterday.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has suffered maternal mourning. His mother Mrs Paola Maino died on Saturday 27 August in Italy. His last rites were performed on Tuesday with full legal regulations. Congress's media in-charge Jairam Ramesh has given information about this by tweeting.
Smt. Sonia Gandhi’s mother, Mrs. Paola Maino passed away at her home in Italy on Saturday the 27th August, 2022. The funeral took place yesterday.
Sonia Gandhi had gone on a foreign trip last week for a health check-up. At this time he is abroad only. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are also with him. In the last few years, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi have traveled abroad several times. Rahul Gandhi has also faced criticism from opposition parties many times for his foreign trips. On this the party had to clarify that he had gone on a foreign trip to see a sick relative.
Sonia Gandhi's mother is about 90 years old. Sonia Gandhi had left for Italy on 23 August to see her mother.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also given a condolence message on the death of Sonia Gandhi's mother. He tweeted and said that my condolences on the death of Sonia Gandhi's mother Paola Maino, may her soul rest in peace. My condolences to his entire family in this hour of grief.
Condolences to Sonia Gandhi Ji on the passing away of her mother, Mrs. Paola Maino. May her soul rest in peace. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the entire family.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 31, 2022
This foreign trip for the health checkup of Sonia Gandhi is taking place at a time when the process of election for the post of President is going on in the Congress party. Rahul Gandhi has made it clear that he does not want to be the president of the party. At the same time, when he resigned from this post in 2019, he had said that no member of the Nehru-Gandhi family will also sit on the post of president this time. Since his resignation, Sonia Gandhi has been handling the responsibility of the party's interim president.
