Gandhi remained Congress President until the elections in 1991 . While campaigning for the elections , he was assassinated by a suicide bomber from the LTTE . His widow Sonia became the president of the Congress party in 1998 and led the party to victory in the 2004 and 2009 parliamentary elections . His son Rahul Gandhi is a Member of Parliament and the current President of Indian National Congress . In 1991 the Indian government posthumously awarded Gandhi the Bharat Ratna , the country 's highest civilian award . At the India Leadership Conclave in 2009 , the '' Revolutionary Leader of Modern India '' award was conferred posthumously on Gandhi
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Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi