Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday defended her mother Sonia Gandhi's memoir, saying the former Congress chief had the right to tell her own story after years of falsehoods and fabricated claims against her.
Priyanka Gandhi said the BJP, the RSS and many others had said “whatever they wanted” about Sonia Gandhi throughout her adult life in India. “They have told lies; they have fabricated stories. They have completely invented things, and she has been quiet,” she said.
“Now, she’s telling her story. So, she has a right to tell her story. It’s good they are reading it,” Priyanka Gandhi said, referring to criticism of the book.
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, went on sale on Tuesday. It recounts her childhood in post-war Italy, her meeting with Rajiv Gandhi at Cambridge, her life in India and her bond with the country.
The BJP alleged that the memoir sought to “whitewash” the wrongs committed by the Nehru-Gandhi family. The party referred to accounts in the book on Operation Blue Star, the anti-Sikh riots, the Babri Masjid, the Batla House encounter and the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
