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===Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (1999β2003)=== [[File:Soniac.jpg|thumb|right|Sonia Gandhi as leader of opposition meeting with 42nd [[president of the United States]] [[Bill Clinton]] in 2000.]] She was elected the [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]] of the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=130|title=Detailed Profile β Smt. Sonia Gandhi β Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha)|publisher=Archive.india.gov.in|access-date=11 March 2014|archive-date=2 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302234504/http://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=130|url-status=dead}}</ref> When the BJP-led NDA formed a government under [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], she took the office of the Leader of the Opposition. In 2000, she defeated [[Jitendra Prasada]] by a huge margin of 97% in the Congress President Election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-30 |title=Congress prez poll: When Jitendra Prasada challenged Sonia Gandhi and lost |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/congress-prez-poll-when-jitendra-prasad-challenged-sonia-gandhi-and-lost-122083000423_1.html |access-date=2022-09-23 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012230442/https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/congress-prez-poll-when-jitendra-prasad-challenged-sonia-gandhi-and-lost-122083000423_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She had been repeatedly selected for the position without any election being held. As Leader of the Opposition, she called a no-confidence motion against the NDA government led by Vajpayee in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/LS-to-witness-26th-no-confidence-motion-in-its-history/articleshow/134440.cms|title=LS to witness 26th no-confidence motion in its history|work=The Times of India|date=17 August 2003|access-date=30 May 2014|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110175329/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/LS-to-witness-26th-no-confidence-motion-in-its-history/articleshow/134440.cms%20|url-status=live}}</ref>
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