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'Thank PM Modi For Eliminating Maoists': Rijiju's Retort To Rahul Gandhi's Debate Challenge

'Thank PM Modi For Eliminating Maoists': Rijiju's Retort To Rahul Gandhi's Debate Challenge

What's behind this

Nishikant Dubey has publicly questioned Sonia Gandhi’s depiction of Sanjay Gandhi as a villain and Rajiv Gandhi as a hero, a portrayal that appears in her memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love. The book also recounts early family disagreements and growing political divisions with Maneka Gandhi after Sanjay’s death, as well as other personal recollections such as an error about Ahmed Patel’s death year and memories of conversations with Pranab Mukherjee. No further details about the criticism or the memoir’s content are provided in the excerpts.

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  • left · 4 outlets

    Sonia Gandhi’s 'Belonging: A Journey of Love ', released on Nov 10, offers a rare glimpse into her personal life and political journey. Read top revelations here.

    — The Federal

  • center · 7 outlets

    New Delhi, Nov 10: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, reflecting on her equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also her “biggest” political adversary, in her biography, said that there has been “no real contact with him”. “Narendra Damodardas Modi has been the Prime Minister…

    — The Shillong Times

  • right · 4 outlets

    Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate over allegations of anti-national activities and links with foreign forces. Responding to Rahul's post on X, Rijiju asked the Congress…

    — ABP Live

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Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate over allegations of anti-national activities and links with foreign forces. Responding to Rahul's post on X, Rijiju asked the Congress…

Coverage arrived over 72 hours — first from The Indian Express, latest from The Economic Times.

High Corroboration Cross-Spectrum Consensus 27 news outlets reporting

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Coverage Bias Distribution

Based on 27 reporting publishers
Left / Center-Left 7 (25%)
Center 11 (40%)
Center-Right / Right 9 (35%)

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  3. O Heraldo Center Herald Publications (Goa)

    ‘Old Habits Die Hard’: Sonia Gandhi Recalls Bill Clinton, Sarkozy, and Princess Diana in New Memoir

    Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s newly launched memoir, Belonging: A Journey Of Love, offers an intimate look at the private personalities of major global figures, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and the late Princess Diana. Released in New Delhi…

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  7. The Shillong Times Center The Shillong Times

    ‘Have no real contact with him’: Sonia Gandhi on PM Modi in her memoir

    New Delhi, Nov 10: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, reflecting on her equation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also her “biggest” political adversary, in her biography, said that there has been “no real contact with him”. “Narendra Damodardas Modi has been the Prime Minister…

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  11. The South First Center-Left The South First

    ‘I could see tears’: Sonia says Indira regretted Blue Star, feared assassination by George Fernandes

    Sonia Gandhi notes that in a letter to Hungarian-Indian social worker Fori Nehru, Indira Gandhi had written, "Fernandes had intended to blow me up in Banaras." The post ‘I could see tears’: Sonia says Indira regretted Blue Star, feared assassination by George Fernandes appeared first on The South…

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  13. ABP Live Center-Right ABP Group Current article

    'Thank PM Modi For Eliminating Maoists': Rijiju's Retort To Rahul Gandhi's Debate Challenge

    Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate over allegations of anti-national activities and links with foreign forces. Responding to Rahul's post on X, Rijiju asked the Congress…

    Read at ABP Live ↗
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  19. The Morung Express Center

    India condemns misleading content created by Chinese vloggers, deliberate distortion of geographical locations

    New Delhi, November 10 (IANS): India on Tuesday severely condemned attempts being made by the Chinese vloggers to portray impoverished neighbourhoods in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka as New Delhi through misleading content, saying such efforts to peddle false narratives undermine the credibility of…

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  25. Rising Kashmir Center Rising Kashmir

    "No woman politician has endured as much": Mehbooba Mufti calls Sonia Gandhi's memoir 'beautiful'; slams BJP over Nehru remarks

    Srinagar , November 10 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday praised Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's memoir 'Belonging: A Journey of Love', saying that no woman politician had endured as much as she had, while also defending the legacy of former…

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  27. The Tribune Center The Tribune Trust

    Sonia Gandhi has not seen ‘horrific’ photo of Rajiv’s remains taken after assassination: Book

    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 Love’, former…

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  29. 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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  31. 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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  35. Organiser Right Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)

    Dhaka Slums Portrayed as Delhi: India slams Chinese influencers for fuelling false narratives, urges strict action

    NEW DELHI: India on November 10, Tuesday expressed concern over reports of Chinese nationals filming impoverished neighbourhoods in Bangladesh and falsely presenting the footage as scenes from New Delhi. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called such attempts to portray…

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  49. 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…

    Compare on Varta → Read at The New Indian Express ↗
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