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Center Owned by The Tribune TrustRahul’s friends skipped his birthday party after Indira Gandhi’s 1977 poll defeat: Sonia
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The release of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love has provoked sharp political reactions, with leaders of the BJP and Shiv Sena criticising its contents and questioning her account of several historical events. Robert Vadra urged BJP leaders to read the book with empathy, praising her “remarkable strength” after moving to India. The memoir also recounts personal anecdotes, such as Rahul Gandhi’s friends skipping his seventh birthday party after Indira Gandhi’s 1977 election defeat, and details her 2010 cancer surgery, noting how Priyanka and Rahul held her hands as she was taken to the operating theatre.
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In her memoir Belonging, Sonia Gandhi recounts how Rahul Gandhi's friends skipped his seventh birthday party following Indira Gandhi's 1977 election defeat.
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New Delhi, November 11 (IANS) The release of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi's memoir, 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' has triggered sharp political reactions, with leaders of the BJP and Shiv Sena criticising its contents and questioning her account of several historical…
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In her memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi recounts tensions with Maneka Gandhi, from early disagreements in the family home to growing political divisions after Sanjay Gandhi’s death.
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Rahul Gandhi’s seventh birthday turned into a sombre affair after all but one of his friends skipped the celebration in the wake of his grandmother, Indira Gandhi’s, electoral defeat in 1977. In her tell-all memoir, “Belonging: A Journey Of Love”, Sonia Gandhi recalls the incident as a painful…
