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Sonia Gandhi has not seen 'horrific' photo of Rajiv's remains taken after assassination: Book

Sonia Gandhi has not seen 'horrific' photo of Rajiv's remains taken after assassination: Book

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India Today reported that actress Kangana Ranaut targeted Sonia Gandhi over the isolation of Maneka Gandhi, describing the incident as a “mysterious foreigner” scenario. In her memoir “Belonging: A Journey of…”, Sonia Gandhi disclosed that she has never seen the photograph of her husband Rajiv Gandhi’s remains taken after his assassination. The book generated a frenzy in Delhi’s Khan Market, where shoppers crowded Bahrisons Booksellers and Faqir Chand Book Store and even posed for photographs, while online platforms Blinkit and Amazon listed the title before its formal launch.

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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

    The Hindu

  • center · 6 outlets

    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…

    The New Indian Express

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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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In her tell-all memoir, "Belonging: A Journey of Love", former Congress president Sonia Gandhi says her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deliberately kept the image from her, instructing their staff not to hand her any newspaper or magazine without vetting it.

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    Sonia Gandhi has not seen ‘horrific’ photo of Rajiv’s remains taken after assassination: Book

    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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    Sonia Gandhi has not seen 'horrific' photo of Rajiv's remains taken after assassination: Book

    In her tell-all memoir, "Belonging: A Journey of Love", former Congress president Sonia Gandhi says her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deliberately kept the image from her, instructing their staff not to hand her any newspaper or magazine without vetting it.

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    New Delhi: 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…

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    Frenzy at Khan Market bookstores, Blinkit and Amazon list Sonia's book before formal launch

    NEW DELHI: Khan Market witnessed an unusual frenzy on Tuesday, with buyers making a beeline for Bahrisons Booksellers and Faqir Chand Book Store to get their hands on books by Sonia Gandhi. The rush was not just about buying a copy, as several visitors were also seen posing for photographs with…

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