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When Pranab Mukherjee revealed PM ambitions after Sonia Gandhi refused role

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KTR told the Rythu Garjana Sabha in Nirmal that BJP legislators, including MLAs and MPs, have turned into “ashta grahalu,” a term he used to criticize their performance. While making the remark, he also lashed out at both the Congress and the BJP on various issues. No further details about the context or implications of the comment are provided in the excerpts.

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Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s confession in her book that Pranab Mukherjee’s expression of prime ministerial ambitions shocked her has triggered an intense debate on the scope and remit of political ambition. Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmishtha has lashed back at the Congress, asking what is…

3 of the 90 reports on this event credit a wire agency (ANI, PTI or IANS), all from the same agency.

Coverage arrived over 39 hours. First from The Economic Times, latest from The Hans India.

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Coverage Bias Distribution

Based on 18 reporting publishers
Left / Center-Left 5 (27%)
Center 9 (50%)
Center-Right / Right 4 (23%)

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    Sonia Gandhi’s memoir describes cause of 2002 Godhra carnage that killed 59 Hindu kar sevaks as ‘disputed’: How the Congress leader who shed tears for Jihadis and Babri Masjid defies facts to whitewash the Islamist crime

    In her memoir, Sonia Gandhi wrote that the cause of the fire in the 2002 Godhra train carnage, in which 59 Hindu Karsevaks returning from Ayodhya were burnt alive, is 'disputed' even as judicial findings and convictions confirm that it was a well-planned conspiracy.

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    Neither Rahul nor I ever received a penny: Sonia Gandhi on National Herald issue

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    New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday questioned Congress leader Sonia Gandhi ’s decision to turn down the Prime Minister’s post in 2004, with party MP Sudhanshu Trivedi alleging that she had relinquished the top constitutional office only to exercise power as a “Super PM” during the UPA government…

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  31. The Tribune Center The Tribune Trust Current article

    When Pranab Mukherjee revealed PM ambitions after Sonia Gandhi refused role

    Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s confession in her book that Pranab Mukherjee’s expression of prime ministerial ambitions shocked her has triggered an intense debate on the scope and remit of political ambition. Mukherjee’s daughter Sharmishtha has lashed back at the Congress, asking what is…

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