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Center-Left Owned by New Generation Media Corporation Pvt. Ltd.Sonia recalls Gujarat riots relief camp, how a father's plea left her speechless
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Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love covers her decision to decline the prime‑ministerial post in 2004, recounts the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition, the 1991 assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi and her own battle with cancer. The book also details former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s fear that resigning in 1975 would split the Congress and empower the RSS, and mentions Sanjay Gandhi’s excesses during the Emergency. Sonia says she has never seen a photograph of Rajiv’s remains. The BJP has criticised the memoir as a white‑wash, with a spokesperson suggesting the title should have been “Whitewashing, not Belonging.”
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left · 5 outlets
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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More than four decades after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has acknowledged that justice has been hard to come by for the victims despite four commissions, nine committees and two special investigation teams, while admitting that Congress workers…
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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, offers insights into her political journey and relationships with key figures. She recalls her equation with former PM Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee's reported suggestion that he could become PM, Rahul Gandhi's elevation as…
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In memoir, the former Congress president describes visiting riot-hit Ahmedabad in 2002 and says Vajpayee was expected to dismiss Modi
