Question: Oscar Fernandes is a confidant of the President of India's Congress, who has served in that role since what year?

<P0-S0> Jed Bernstein ( ; born March 27, 1955) is the former president of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, having served in this role since January 2014, when he replaced Reynold Levy. <P0-S1>  He resigned from his role on April 14, 2016 after the discovery that he had been in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member that he had twice promoted. <P0-S2>  Bernstein has extensive experience in theater producing, arts administration, and marketing and promotion. <SEP> <P1-S0> Subhankar Sarkar is an Indian Politician and currently the National Secretary of Indian National Congress,he is also the State In-Charge of Odisha.He was one of the 13 politicians to be handpicked by Indian National Congress President and Vice President,Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as a National Secretary of Indian National Congress in 2013. <P1-S1> He even served as the President of Chhatra Parishad(State NSUI),West Bengal unit from 1996 to 2004. <P1-S2> He is an experienced politician and is one of the few to have held positions in all the three units of the Congress,namely,All India Congress Committee;Indian Youth Congress and the National Students' Union of India(NSUI). <P1-S3> He served as the National General Secretary of the National Students' Union of India(NSUI) from 1992 to 1996 and as the National General Secretary of Indian Youth Congress from 2004 to 2007. <P1-S4> He is considered to be a close aide of Rahul Gandhi and a key member of Rahul Gandhi's team.He is expected to play an important role in the Bengal Congress in the near future. <SEP> <P2-S0>  She is the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi who belonged to the Nehru–Gandhi family. <P2-S1> Sonia Gandhi (   ; born Edvige Antonia Albina Màino 9 December 1946) is an Italian-born Indian politician, who has served as President of the Indian National Congress party since 1998. <SEP> <P3-S0> Oscar Fernandes (born 27 March 1941) is an Indian politician, a senior Indian National Congress leader and was the Union Cabinet Minister for Transport, Road and Highways and Labour and Employment, Government Of India in UPA government. <P3-S1>  One of the major leaders in the taking of important decisions of Congress Party. <P3-S2>  He is also the Chairman of Central Election Authority of the All India Congress Committee. <P3-S3>  He was previously the AICC General Secretary, the Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Dr. Manmohan Singh's first UPA government in India. <P3-S4>  He served as Parliamentary Secretary to Rajiv Gandhi. <P3-S5>  He was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha in 1980 from Udupi constituency in Karnataka. <P3-S6>  He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984, 1989, 1991 and 1996 from the same constituency. <P3-S7>  Later, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1998. <P3-S8>  He was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2004. <P3-S9>  He was a Union Minister from 2004–2009, holding a number of portfolios such as Statistics and Programme Implementation, NRI Affairs, Youth and Sports Affairs and Labour and Employment. <P3-S10>  He is one of the closest confidant of the present Congress President Sonia Gandhi.