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CenterSonia Gandhi's remark on 'Emergency' in interview triggers political reactions
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Sonia Gandhi recalled Indira’s tears over Operation Blue Star, prompting a response from Shiromani Akali Dal spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler, who said the operation was a direct attack on the Sikh community and Sri Akal Takht Sahib. In a separate interview with The Hindu, conducted by N. Ram, the former Congress president spoke about her forthcoming memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, reflected on the impact of twelve years of BJP‑RSS rule on Indian democracy and defended Congress’s fight for a level playing field.
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In Belonging, Sonia Gandhi recounts the horrifying moments after Indira Gandhi was shot, the hospital ordeal and how she broke the news to Rahul and Priyanka
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New Delhi, November 7 (IANS) Congress leader Sonia Gandhi appeared to avoid talking about nepotism and the issue of why the party can’t free itself from her family’s leadership, being “dismissive, perhaps a nerve touched”, while speaking to the British daily ‘The Guardian’ at her residence.“You…
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Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said that her upcoming memoir "Belonging: A Journey of Love" is not a political book but a personal one. Writing in the national daily "The Hindu", she wrote, "For most of my life, I kept my inner world to myself. Even after grief pulled me…
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New Delhi, November 8 (IANS) Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's description of the Emergency as a ’mistake’, in an interview with British newspaper 'The Guardian', has triggered reactions from political leaders, with Union Ministers Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Ramdas Athawale…
