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'My heart was in my mouth, I was trembling when I called Karunanidhi': Sonia Gandhi on how UPA was formed

'My heart was in my mouth, I was trembling when I called Karunanidhi': Sonia Gandhi on how UPA was formed

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Rahul Gandhi, the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, said on Tuesday that he is confident about Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s candidature, describing her as a “passionate champion of Wayanad’s needs” and a powerful voice in Parliament.

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Sonia Gandhi details her efforts to create an inclusive United Progressive Alliance in 2004 against the BJP. She faced challenges, particularly in cooperating with the DMK due to past conflicts. Gandhi recounts initial meetings with various leaders to secure alliances, including one with M…

5 of the 110 reports on this event credit a wire agency (ANI, PTI or IANS), across 2 different agencies.

Coverage arrived over 58 hours. First from The Indian Express, latest from ANI.

High Corroboration 28 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by The Indian Express at 08:20 UTC on 10 Nov.

Coverage ran into a second day.

Across 2 desks: india, politics.

All 28 newsrooms, and who owns them

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  5. The Economic Times Bennett, Coleman & Co. Current article

    'My heart was in my mouth, I was trembling when I called Karunanidhi': Sonia Gandhi on how UPA was formed

    Sonia Gandhi details her efforts to create an inclusive United Progressive Alliance in 2004 against the BJP. She faced challenges, particularly in cooperating with the DMK due to past conflicts. Gandhi recounts initial meetings with various leaders to secure alliances, including one with M…

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  13. Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)

    Kangana Ranaut calls Sonia Gandhi’s biography a ‘self-goal’, takes dig at Rahul

    Mumbai: Actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut took a dig at Sonia Gandhi over her biography, questioning several aspects of her account of events surrounding the Gandhi family. Calling the biography a “self-goal”, Kangana also took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, saying he had inherited his “self-goal talent…

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

    'She has a right to tell her story': Priyanka defends Sonia's memoir amid BJP criticism

    Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of spreading falsehoods about her mother, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, for most of her adult life in India, saying they were now dismissing her account in her recently released memoir…

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  21. The Shillong Times The Shillong Times

    In her memoir, Sonia Gandhi recalls palmist’s prediction that Rajiv, not Sanjay, would be PM

    New Delhi, Nov 12: A strange encounter with a palmist at the Gandhi family’s erstwhile residence in Delhi decades ago, which initially appeared amusing, later acquired an unsettling significance in the wake of a series of political tragedies. The incident, recalled by Congress Parliamentary Party…

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  37. Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)

    Does the Gandhi-Nehru family have a monopoly on PM ambition? Sharmistha Mukherjee challenges Sonia Gandhi

    NEW DELHI: A mention in the memoirs of Sonia Gandhi, the former Congress president, of former President Pranab Mukherjee’s ambition to become Prime Minister has brought an old episode of Congress politics back into discussion. In her new book, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi recounts a…

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  45. Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

    Telangana Congress leader Jagga Reddy plans to make film on Sonia Gandhi's memoir

    Hyderabad: Telangana Congress leader T Jayaprakash Reddy on Thursday said he plans to make a movie based on former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi's recently released memoir. Jayaprakash Reddy, also known as Jagga Reddy, said the proposed film would not be a commercial venture. "We decided to make a picture…

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