Sonia Gandhi has shoulder surgery after fall at campaign stop
 

NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India´s main opposition party, has undergone shoulder surgery at a New Delhi hospital after suffering a fall on a campaign stop this week, senior Congress party officials said on Friday.

Gandhi, 69, dislocated her left shoulder when she fainted on Tuesday while launching the party´s campaign for next year´s Uttar Pradesh state election in the holy city of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s parliamentary constituency.

Gandhi suffered acute dehydration while travelling in an open vehicle for four hours through large crowds.

"She had dislocated her shoulder after a fall and is **w under observation for 48 hours," said a senior party official, who did **t wish to be named as he was **t authorised to speak to the media.

The Italian-born politician, who led her party to two successive terms governing the world´s largest democracy, has played a slightly reduced public role since being treated abroad for an unk**wn illness in 2011. Despite persistent speculation, she has yet to hand over the party leadership to Rahul Gandhi, her 46-year-old son and the great grandson of India´s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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