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How Sonia wrote on Indira Gandhi's assassination

How Sonia wrote on Indira Gandhi's assassination

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the BJP and RSS have long spread falsehoods about her mother, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and that the memoir now lets Sonia tell her own truth. Speaking in her Wayanad constituency, Priyanka defended the book, which recounts Sonia’s childhood in Italy, her meeting with Rajiv Gandhi and her life in India, against criticism from the BJP and RSS. Rahul Gandhi praised Priyanka’s candidacy, saying she will be a passionate champion of Wayanad’s needs in Parliament. Some observers noted the memoir omits any mention of the Telangana statehood movement.

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Coverage arrived over 50 hours. First from The Indian Express, latest from ANI.

High Corroboration 25 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by The Indian Express at 08:20 UTC on 10 Nov.

Coverage ran into a second day.

Across 3 desks: india, politics, sports.

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  15. Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)

    Kangana Ranaut calls Sonia Gandhi’s biography a ‘self-goal’, takes dig at Rahul

    Mumbai: Actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut took a dig at Sonia Gandhi over her biography, questioning several aspects of her account of events surrounding the Gandhi family. Calling the biography a “self-goal”, Kangana also took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, saying he had inherited his “self-goal talent…

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  21. Frontline The Hindu Group (Kasturi & Sons)

    INDIA needs Sonia Gandhi

    Modi looks wobbly, the economy looks worse, and Gen Z is making noise. But to make a political transition possible, the divided opposition needs Sonia Gandhi, who remains its centre of gravity, despite her age and withdrawal from active politics.

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  23. The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co.

    BJP, RSS told 'lies' about Sonia Gandhi all her life; now she is telling the truth: Priyanka

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra responded to BJP's criticism of her mother Sonia Gandhi's memoir, calling the accusations false. She emphasized that for years, the BJP and RSS spread lies about her mother without accountability. Vadra mentioned that Sonia Gandhi has the right to share her story and…

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  25. The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    'She has a right to tell her story': Priyanka defends Sonia's memoir amid BJP criticism

    Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of spreading falsehoods about her mother, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, for most of her adult life in India, saying they were now dismissing her account in her recently released memoir…

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  29. The Shillong Times The Shillong Times

    In her memoir, Sonia Gandhi recalls palmist’s prediction that Rajiv, not Sanjay, would be PM

    New Delhi, Nov 12: A strange encounter with a palmist at the Gandhi family’s erstwhile residence in Delhi decades ago, which initially appeared amusing, later acquired an unsettling significance in the wake of a series of political tragedies. The incident, recalled by Congress Parliamentary Party…

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  33. Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

    BJP, RSS spread falsehoods about Sonia Gandhi all her life, now she is telling her story: Priyanka Gandhi

    Referring to Sonia Gandhi 's memoir which was released recently, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday claimed that the BJP and RSS had spread falsehoods about her mother and former AICC chief for most of her life in the country and were now calling her statements made in a book false when…

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25 newsrooms ran this event. 13 others published in India recently and did not.

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  • Alt News Alt News
  • EastMojo EastMojo
  • Factly Factly Media & Research
  • India TV Independent News Service
  • India Today Living Media India
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • Livemint HT Media Ltd.
  • NE Now NE Now
  • O Heraldo Herald Publications (Goa)
  • Rising Kashmir Rising Kashmir
  • The Avenue Mail The Avenue Mail
  • The South First The South First
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.

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