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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Congress president Sonia Gandhi did not become prime minister in May 2004 because her son Rahul Gandhi did not want her to take up the responsibility as he was afraid that she would be killed like his father Rajiv Gandhi, claims former union minister Natwar Singh.
The Congress, however, dismissed Natwar Singh's assertion as sensationalism, aimed at "ensuring better sales and free publicity" for the book.
Rahul Gandhi feared that "she would be killed like his father (Rajiv Gandhi) and grandmother (Indira Gandhi)", Natwar said. Both served as prime ministers and were assassinated.
However, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has refuted former union minister Natwar Singh's allegation that she had access to government files, while also voicing her wish to write a book herself for "everyone to know the truth". She was backed by former prime minister Manmohan Singh who said "private conversations should not be misused for capital gains".
"I will write my own book and then everyone will know the truth," Gandhi told news channel NDTV.
"The only way the truth will come out is if I write. I am serious about this," she said.
"They did not come to have coffee with me," he said.
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken termed Natwar Singh's interview as an attempt at sensationalisation.
"It is ridiculous. These days it has become fashionable to sensationalize the contents of a book with the sole aim of ensuring better sales and free publicity. This is yet another such exercise. Any comment on it will be a futile exercise," he said.
The Congress president also said she is "used to such attacks".
"I can't be hurt I have seen my mother in law riddled by bullets, my husband dead...I am far from getting hurt with these things...Let them continue to do this it will not affect me...They can continue to do this if they so please," she said.
Natwar Singh, 83, had to resign from the Congress-led coalition government in 2005 after allegations of corruption.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi did not become prime minister in May 2004 because her son Rahul Gandhi did not want her to take up the responsibility as he was afraid that she would be killed like his father Rajiv Gandhi, claims former union minister Natwar Singh. The Congress, however,...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi did not become prime minister in May 2004 because her son Rahul Gandhi did not want her to take up the responsibility as he was afraid that she would be killed like his father Rajiv Gandhi, claims former union minister Natwar Singh.
The Congress, however, dismissed Natwar Singh's assertion as sensationalism, aimed at "ensuring better sales and free publicity" for the book.
Rahul Gandhi feared that "she would be killed like his father (Rajiv Gandhi) and grandmother (Indira Gandhi)", Natwar said. Both served as prime ministers and were assassinated.
However, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has refuted former union minister Natwar Singh's allegation that she had access to government files, while also voicing her wish to write a book herself for "everyone to know the truth". She was backed by former prime minister Manmohan Singh who said "private conversations should not be misused for capital gains".
"I will write my own book and then everyone will know the truth," Gandhi told news channel NDTV.
"The only way the truth will come out is if I write. I am serious about this," she said.
"They did not come to have coffee with me," he said.
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken termed Natwar Singh's interview as an attempt at sensationalisation.
"It is ridiculous. These days it has become fashionable to sensationalize the contents of a book with the sole aim of ensuring better sales and free publicity. This is yet another such exercise. Any comment on it will be a futile exercise," he said.
The Congress president also said she is "used to such attacks".
"I can't be hurt I have seen my mother in law riddled by bullets, my husband dead...I am far from getting hurt with these things...Let them continue to do this it will not affect me...They can continue to do this if they so please," she said.
Natwar Singh, 83, had to resign from the Congress-led coalition government in 2005 after allegations of corruption.
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