Sonia Gandhi, the head of Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has been the power behind the throne since 1998, turning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into little more than a figurehead. Under her leadership, Congress has pursued a populist agenda that increased transfer payments and reduced India’s annual economic-growth rate to less than 4% in 2013.
国大党党首、前总理拉吉夫·甘地（Rajiv Gandhi）遗孀索尼娅·甘地（Sonia Gandhi）自1998年以来一直在垂帘听政，而总理辛格只不过是一个傀儡。在她的领导下，国大党追求民粹主义日程，增加转移支付，导致印度年经济增长率在2013年下跌至4%以下。人均GDP仍在4,000美元左右徘徊，不到中国的一半。