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Congress leadership mourns death of Sonia Gandhi’s mother, Paola Maino

New Delhi: The leaders of the Indian National Congress are mourning the demise of Sonia Gandhi’s mother, Paola Maino who died on August 27, 2022. Her last rites were performed on Tuesday in Italy. Paola Maino passed away on August 27, 2022 at her home in Italy. The funeral took place on Tuesday. Smt. Sonia […]

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New Delhi: The leaders of the Indian National Congress are mourning the demise of Sonia Gandhi’s mother, Paola Maino who died on August 27, 2022. Her last rites were performed on Tuesday in Italy.

Paola Maino passed away on August 27, 2022 at her home in Italy. The funeral took place on Tuesday.

The veteran Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to the microblogging site Twitter to announce the death of Sonia Gandhi’s mother. He said, “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, her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are already abroad and visited her hometown.

 

The mother of Sonia Gandhi was 90 years old. 
The leader of the Congress had gone to see her ill mother on August 23.
While already in Italy, Sonia Gandhi paid visit to her hometown with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and son Rahul Gandhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also extended condolences on her death. He said “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.”

First published on: Aug 31, 2022 05:20 PM IST

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