'I'd Quake in My Seat': Sonia Gandhi on Indira's Temper, Rahul's Warning Before Rajiv's Assassination

Sonia Gandhi book: Weeks before Rajiv Gandhi's death, son Rahul had made a premonition

In her book, Sonia Gandhi wrote that Priyanka was the one who informed her about a phone call regarding a bomb explosion with feared casualties in Madras, where Rajiv was campaigning.

'I'll have to come back for Pa's funeral': Rahul Gandhi's premonition before Rajiv's assassination

In her memoir, the Congress leader also revisits the withdrawal of Rajiv Gandhi's SPG protection and the family's attempts to reach him after the explosion in Tamil Nadu.

'I'd quake in my seat': Sonia Gandhi on Indira's temper, Rahul's warning before Rajiv's assassination

She also documents Indira's fondness for sarees and her old Kashmiri shawls. The former prime minister treasured several old sarees that had belonged to her mother in the pre-khadi period. Indira's "tense moments" became less frequent once she became a grandmother.

'Will Have To Come For Pa's Funeral': Sonia Gandhi Recalls Rahul's Warning

Sonia Gandhi recalls the fateful evening when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, in her memoir "Belonging: A Journey of Love".

Rahul's words came back to haunt Sonia after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination

Sonia Gandhi recounts Rahul Gandhi's warning about Rajiv Gandhi's security before the 1991 assassination. Her memoir raises questions over the earlier withdrawal of his SPG protection.