From The Indian Express
Center-Left Owned by Indian Express GroupWhat Rahul Gandhi told Sonia Gandhi about Rajiv’s death 2 months before it happened
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The launch of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir “Belonging: A Journey of Love” revived discussion of late Pranab Mukherjee’s prime‑ministerial ambitions, as the book recounts Mukherjee’s 2010 suggestion for a change of guard at the top, prompting Pranab’s daughter to ask “Crime to be ambitious?” after Sonia’s remarks on the former president. The memoir also revisits the Babri Masjid demolition, the 2004 decision to decline the prime‑ministerial post, and the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. BJP leaders have criticised the book, calling it a white‑wash of the Nehru‑Gandhi legacy and labeling it “Whitewashing, not Belonging”.
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In her memoir, former Congress president recalls 2010 conversation; Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmistha asks what there was to be shocked about, says it is not a crime to be ambitious
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New Delhi: Indira Gandhi cried while watching the harrowing visuals of the aftermath of Operation Blue Star in 1984, says Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, claiming that there were tears of pain and regret as well as of sorrow in the then PM’s eyes at the manner which the siege at the Golden Temple had…
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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.
