Sanjay Gandhi was man in a hurry, played significant role in decision-making during Emergency: Sonia
Sonia Gandhi says Sanjay Gandhi drove key Emergency decisions, including the Five Point Programme and aggressive family-planning drives, despite lacking constitutional authority.
- In her memoir 'Belonging: A Journey of Love' released on Tuesday, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi holds Sanjay Gandhi responsible for Emergency decisions, claiming his influence significantly exacerbated the damage.
- Sonia Gandhi writes that then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a 'democrat at heart,' felt compelled by the 'prevailing havoc of the time' but later regretted imposing the Emergency.
- Rashtriya Lok Dal leader K.C. Tyagi noted that discussions identified Sanjay, Om Mehta, Siddhartha Shankar Ray, and Bansi Lal as four people who opposed compromise and pushed for confrontation.
- Rajiv Gandhi opposed the Emergency, fueling family tensions, while Tyagi argued the memoir shifts responsibility from Indira to Sanjay, reigniting long-standing disputes.
- Labeling the era a 'murder of democracy,' the Bharatiya Janata Party has criticized the Congress, observing 'Samvidhan Hatya Diwas' to mark what it terms a 'dark phase.
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‘If I resign, RSS will have its way’: Sonia reveals Indira’s fears, Sanjay’s Emergency excesses in memoir - The Tribune
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi feared that resigning in 1975 would split the Congress and allow the RSS to gain political ground, even as her elder son Rajiv Gandhi advised her to step down following the Allahabad High Court verdict against her, Sonia Gandhi has revealed in her memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love, released on Tuesday.
Sanjay Gandhi was man in a hurry, played significant role in decision-making during Emergency: Sonia
In her insights, Sonia Gandhi discusses Sanjay Gandhi's pivotal role during the Emergency from 1975 to 1977. She highlights the repression of political opposition and the erosions of civil liberties that defined this era. Sanjays ambitious strategies, particularly in family planning and urban development, ignited public backlash against the regime.
Keeping Sanjay Gandhi 'in check' could have...: Sonia on Emergency
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, in her upcoming memoir "Belonging: A Journey of Love," states that her mother-in-law, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, considered the decision to impose the Emergency a mistake and eventually came to feel the same. Gandhi also suggests that keeping Sanjay Gandhi "in check" could have prevented much of the subsequent damage. She reveals family divisions over the decision, with Rajiv Gandhi opposing it and Sanjay …
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