Sonia Gandhi Recalls Pleading with Rajiv Not to Become PM After Indira’s Assassination: ‘They Will Kill You’

The mother-in-law who could freeze a room: Sonia Gandhi remembers Indira

Sonia Gandhi’s memoir recounts Indira Gandhi’s outbursts and responses to those who upset her. The recollections also reveal the domestic routines and grandchildren who helped calm her.

Sonia Gandhi Never Wanted Rajiv Gandhi To Become PM, Even Begged Him 'For Children's Sake'

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has revealed that she had begged her husband, Rajiv Gandhi, not to become India's prime minister after his mother, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated on 31 October, 1984. She feared that Rajiv could also be killed if

‘India was my home, my children’s home’: Sonia Gandhi on why she never left after Rajiv’s assassination

Recalling her first meeting with Rajiv in the 1960s, when she was 18 and studying at a language school in Cambridge, Sonia described it as an instant attraction.

Sonia Gandhi recalls pleading with Rajiv not to become PM after Indira’s assassination: ‘They will kill you’

Sonia said she was overwhelmed by anger and anguish at the prospect of Rajiv taking over as prime minister, fearing that he too could become a target.

'They will kill you': When Sonia begged Rajiv not to become PM after Indira's assassination

Sonia Gandhi's poignant new memoir offers an intimate and emotional look into the immediate aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination and Rajiv Gandhi's reluctant ascent to the prime ministership.