From The Economic Times
Center-Right Owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co.‘Should've called it Whitewashing, not Belonging’: BJP slams Sonia Gandhi's memoir
What's behind this
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, titled Belonging: A Journey of Love, revisits events such as the demolition of the Babri Masjid, the decision to decline the prime minister’s post in 2004, and the assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi, while also disclosing her battle with cancer. The book notes that she has never seen the photograph of Rajiv’s remains taken after the LTTE suicide bombing. The BJP has criticised the memoir, calling it a white‑washing of the Nehru‑Gandhi family’s past and accusing it of sugar‑coating episodes such as the Emergency and the 1984 riots.
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The BJP has criticised Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, with party spokesperson CR Kesavan saying it should have been titled 'Whitewashing, not Belonging'. Kesavan accused the book of sugar-coating the Nehru-Gandhi family's past, while BJP leader HS Phoolka alleged…
