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NEW DELHI: Congress

chairperson Sonia

Gandhi was

recovering in

intensive care after

undergoing "successful" surgery

in the United States, a

party spokesman said on Friday  

 

 

"The surgery is over," Congress Party

spokesman Janardhan Dwivedi said,

adding that the "surgeon had

indicated that the operation was

successful." Sonia Gandhi, 64, was recovering in an

intensive care unit. "As this is a personal matter that

pertains to her health and medical

treatment, her family requests that her

privacy be respected," Dwivedi said. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

and Robert Vadra are with her. Sonia will be away for 2-3 weeks, and

the responsibility of overseeing the

affairs of the Congress party in her

absence has been assigned to a four-

member group that includes Rahul

Gandhi. The move is being read in political circles as formal recognition of

the growing stature of the Amethi MP

who has so far consciously kept a low

profile. Sources said Sonia was advised by her

doctors to go abroad for the surgery

because they felt she would

convalesce better without the throng

of visitors who would have clamoured

to see her during the recovery. The inconvenience her presence in a

hospital would have caused to other

patients was another consideration. Congress leaders refused to divulge

details of party president's ailment. Before leaving for the surgery, Sonia

tasked Rahul and three others with

the responsibility of looking after the

day-to-day affairs of the party. Other

members of the group are defence

minister A K Antony, Congress general secretary Dwivedi and Sonia's political

secretary Ahmed Patel. Patel and

Antony are among Sonia's most

trusted confidants, while Dwivedi is

the general secretary in charge of the

organization.

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