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Center Owned by HT MediaSonia Gandhi to mark release of memoir ‘Belonging: A journey of love’ at Delhi event next week
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Sam Pitroda, chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, slammed the BJP’s criticism of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir “Belonging: A Journey of Love”, saying the book is her story, not the party’s version, and that she should be free to say what she wants; he told PTI from Chicago that he has not read the memoir. The BJP, through a spokesperson at its headquarters, had earlier accused Gandhi of making a “super sacrifice” by forgoing the prime‑ministership to become a “super PM”. Delhi minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa called the memoir a “bundle of lies” and alleged it whitewashes Congress’s role in 1984.
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Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda defended Sonia Gandhi's memoir Belonging, telling the BJP that an author has the right to tell her own story.
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In fresh criticism of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, the BJP on Wednesday said she decided to make the “super sacrifice” of not taking up prime ministership only to become a “super PM”. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also…
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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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“It will not be open to all. Guests will be personally invited by the publisher and the Gandhi family,” one of the persons aware of the details said.
