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Giriraj Singh criticises Sonia Gandhi on citizenship and Congress history amid political disputes

Giriraj Singh criticises Sonia Gandhi on citizenship and Congress history amid political disputes

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Sonia Gandhi told The TFI Post that she finally chose to write her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, calling it a love story and a tale of her growing attachment to India, while recalling the hurt over the foreign‑origin row and the 2004 decision. She said she always disliked politics and was at war with herself after Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, but the Bhagavad Gita helped resolve those doubts. She defended Indira Gandhi’s 1975 Emergency as constitutionally done, noting that Indira later publicly expressed regret and apologized for its excesses, and warned that Congress workers have faced persecution and that the government has caused “great damage to India.”

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  • left · 5 outlets

    New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi “always disliked” politics and was at war with herself over whether she should take the plunge into the political world after her husband Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, but the Bhagavad Gita helped resolve her doubts and showed her the path forward. The former Congress chief…

    — The Siasat Daily

  • center · 7 outlets

    NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has alleged that the Narendra Modi government has caused "great damage" to India's democracy, institutions and the country's social fabric over the past 12 years, warning that restoring the systems even after the government leaves…

    — The New Indian Express

  • right · 4 outlets

    The Congress is working with like-minded parties, Sonia Gandhi said, claiming that her party's "prospects are improving day by day".

    — NDTV

Coverage arrived over 43 hours — first from The Economic Times, latest from TFI Post.

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Deccan Herald Center-Left The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

At war with herself on joining politics, Sonia Gandhi turned to Bhagavad Gita for answers

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi "always disliked" politics and was at war with herself over whether she should take the plunge into the political world after her husband Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, but the Bhagavad Gita helped resolve her doubts and showed her the path forward. The former Congress chief…

The Tribune Center The Tribune Trust

‘It was done constitutionally’: Sonia Gandhi on Emergency, says Rajiv had ‘different’ point of view

Weighing in on the Emergency, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said democratic rights had been curtailed but it was done constitutionally, and when she sees from Indira Gandhi’s point of view, the then Prime Minister was struggling to cope with the rapidly deteriorating…

The Shillong Times Center The Shillong Times

Sonia says late PM Indira Gandhi ‘publicly expressed regret and apologised’ for Emergency excesses; cites pressure on her

New Delhi, Nov 7: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, has said that late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, at a later stage in her life, publicly expressed regret and apologised for the excesses committed during the Emergency, while refusing to put the entire blame for the period on…

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

'Modi govt has done great damage to our democracy, institutions': Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has alleged that the Narendra Modi government has caused "great damage" to India's democracy, institutions and the country's social fabric over the past 12 years, warning that restoring the systems even after the government leaves…

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