Sonia Gandhi went from 'absolutely not' to 'theek hai' to firm no while deciding on taking up PM post
- On Tuesday, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi released her memoir "Belonging: A Journey of Love," revealing the inner turmoil behind her 2004 decision to decline the Prime Minister post.
- Her children, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, opposed the move, fearing for her safety given their grandmother Indira Gandhi's assassination and father Rajiv Gandhi's brutal murder.
- Exhausted by alliance leaders pressing her to accept, Gandhi recalls her children warning that the office was linked to "heightened danger" because "They'd lived through the trauma of their grandmother."
- Inside Parliament, Gandhi announced she would follow her "inner voice" to decline the post, subsequently nominating Manmohan Singh to lead the Congress Parliamentary Party.
- Widely regarded as one of 21st-century India's most consequential political decisions, the memoir marks the first time Gandhi has publicly disclosed the personal turmoil surrounding this historic event.
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Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Wednesday hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi over his remarks describing Sonia Gandhi as a “Super PM” during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, questioning whether the Constitution provided for such a position and countering the allegation by referring to the role of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat.
<p style="text-align: justify;">Controversy has started over Sonia Gandhi's book Belonging: A Journey of Love. The former president of Congress has included the issue of not becoming Prime Minister in the book. On this, Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi said that Sonia Gandhi has seen whatever has happened in the last 4 decades in the country</p>. He <p style="text-align: justify;">tried to put the same in the book honestly. If you (BJP) feel bad me…
We wanted Sonia Gandhi as PM, then accepted Manmohan Singh: Salman Khurshid
Recounting the political events of 2004, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said party leaders from Uttar Pradesh had gathered hoping Sonia Gandhi would accept the prime ministership before accepting her decision to name Dr Manmohan Singh. Addressing controversies around expressing grief, he cited regrets expressed by BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani over tragic events, asking why anyone would object to sensitive reactions re…
Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi has unveiled the political developments of 2004 in her autobiography 'Belonging: A Journey of Love'. In the book, he explains why he refused the post of prime minister in the midst of heavy political pressure and conflict, Dr. He handed over the command of power to Manmohan Singh.
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