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Pranab Mukherjee hinted at PM ambitions, shocked me with ‘change at top’ suggestion: Sonia Gandhi

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Sonia Gandhi, in her tell‑all memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, says she has never seen the photograph of Rajiv Gandhi’s remains taken after the LTTE suicide bombing that killed him more than three decades ago. The book, described as a personal and political account, also recounts her early disagreements with Maneka Gandhi and the growing political divisions that followed Sanjay Gandhi’s death.

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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

    — The Hindu

  • center · 4 outlets

    New Delhi: More than three decades after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has still not seen the photograph of her husband’s remains taken in the aftermath of the explosion. In her tell-all memoir, Belonging A Journey of…

    — Orissa Post

  • right · 7 outlets

    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.

    — Livemint

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Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee hinted at his “long-held desire” to become prime minister during a 2010 conversation with then party chief Sonia Gandhi when he shocked her with the suggestion that perhaps “it was time for a change at the top”, according to her memoir. In the candid “Belonging: A…

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  2. The Tribune Center The Tribune Trust Current article

    Pranab Mukherjee hinted at PM ambitions, shocked me with ‘change at top’ suggestion: Sonia Gandhi

    Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee hinted at his “long-held desire” to become prime minister during a 2010 conversation with then party chief Sonia Gandhi when he shocked her with the suggestion that perhaps “it was time for a change at the top”, according to her memoir. In the candid “Belonging: A…

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  8. Orissa Post Center Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)

    Sonia Gandhi reveals Rahul, Priyanka shielded her from Rajiv’s remains photo

    New Delhi: More than three decades after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has still not seen the photograph of her husband’s remains taken in the aftermath of the explosion. In her tell-all memoir, Belonging A Journey of…

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  10. Deccan Herald Center-Left The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

    What's there to be 'shocked' about; is it a crime to be ambitious: Ex-Prez Pranab Mukherjee's daughter to Sonia Gandhi

    New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee 's daughter, Sharmistha Mukherjee, on Tuesday questioned why Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was "shocked" by her father's ambition to become Prime Minister, stressing that he had earned his position through decades of hard work and not by "dynastic…

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  17. The New Indian Express Center Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    The boy before Rahul: Sonia Gandhi on her day-old child’s death

    NEW DELHI: One fine morning in September 1968, the news of Sonia Gandhi’s pregnancy sent waves of happiness around the Gandhi household. The otherwise stern expressions of Indira Gandhi melted to kiss and hug the to-be mother and exclaim, “One big baby having another baby!” But it was not to be…

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