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Center Owned by HT MediaSonia Gandhi recalls pleading with Rajiv not to become PM after Indira’s assassination: ‘They will kill you’
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Sonia Gandhi, the 79‑year‑old Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson, said the Emergency was a mistake and that her mother‑in‑law, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, eventually came to share that view. She argued that Congress had been too complacent and adopted a laissez‑faire attitude toward the BJP, and that keeping Sanjay Gandhi in check during the Emergency could have prevented much of the damage that followed. In her upcoming book “Belonging: A Journey of Love”, she recalled pleading with Rajiv Gandhi after Indira’s assassination, fearing he would become a target if he became prime minister.
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New Delhi: 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…
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NEW DELHI: Weighing in on the Emergency, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has called the decision to impose it a mistake and said that she believes that her mother-in-law and then prime minister Indira Gandhi also came to feel the same. The Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson in her upcoming book…
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Sonia Gandhi reveals her belief that the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi was a significant mistake. She suggests that if Sanjay Gandhi had been kept in check, much of the subsequent damage could have been avoided. Indira Gandhi's decision was influenced by various pressures, including those from…
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Sonia said she was overwhelmed by anger and anguish at the prospect of Rajiv taking over as prime minister, fearing that he too could become a target.
