Sonia Gandhi likely to return Thursday night

Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to return on Thursday night after her surgery for an undisclosed ailment in an undisclosed country.

She is returning to India after more than a month and is being accompanied by her daughter Priyanka, sources in the know said.

The 64-year-old Gandhi had left the country on August 2 and underwent a surgery around August 4 and 5.

Immediately after her departure, Congress had made a brief announcement saying Gandhi had been recently diagnosed with a medical condition and was advised surgery.

The Congress president had handed over reins of the party to a group of four comprising Rahul Gandhi and senior leaders A K Antony, Ahmed Patel and Janardan Dwivedi to look after party affairs.

Rahul returned recently to India after attending to her ailing mother.