Indian opposition leader
and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi smiles and waves to supporters
at her residence in New Delhi May 13, 2004. India's ruling Hindu
nationalists conceded a shock defeat in the election as Congress Party
surged back to power after a campaign geared to the rural poor.
[Reuters]
Activists of India's
Congress Party celebrate with a cutout of their party president Sonia
Gandhi in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta May 13, 2004. [Reuters]