From The Economic Times
Center-Right Owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co.BJP's C R Keshavan accuses Sonia Gandhi of whitewashing Emergency in recently published memoir
What's behind this
The VHP has accused Sonia Gandhi of selective outrage, citing her reactions to the Babri Masjid demolition and the Batla House incident. Her memoir “Belonging: A Journey of Love” revisits events such as the Babri demolition, the 2004 decision to decline the prime‑minister’s post and Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, and has drawn criticism from the BJP, which called it whitewashing. In the memoir she also recounts Indira Gandhi’s fear that resigning would benefit the RSS and notes a conversation with Rajiv Gandhi about the Shah Bano case.
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left · 5 outlets
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center · 10 outlets
More than three decades after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has still not seen the photograph of her husband’s remains taken in the aftermath of the explosion. In her tell-all memoir, ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’, former…
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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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C R Kesavan of BJP accused Sonia Gandhi of attempting to justify the Emergency in her new memoir. He suggested that her book should focus on historical wrongs instead of glossing over them. Kesavan raised concerns about her perceived emotional responses to violence during Congress rule, including…
