Sonia Gandhi’s Memoir ‘Belonging’ Reveals Her ‘Absolutely Not’ Response To Becoming PM

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Sonia Gandhi has offered a deeply personal account of one of the most consequential political decisions in India's recent history, revealing that she initially rejected the possibility of becoming Prime Minister, briefly appeared to agree under pressure from alliance leaders, and eventually stood by her decision to turn down the country's top political post. In her newly released memoir, Belonging: A Journey Of Love, she revisits the emotional turmoil surrounding the 2004 Lok Sabha election results and the events that led to Dr Manmohan Singh becoming Prime Minister.

Recalling a conversation with her children, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, months before the elections, Sonia writes that one of them asked whether she would accept the Prime Minister's post if the Congress-led alliance won. Her response was an emphatic "Absolutely not!" She further writes that neither Rahul nor Priyanka wanted her to take the position, having experienced the trauma of their grandmother Indira Gandhi's assassination and their father Rajiv Gandhi's murder. They associated the office with heightened danger and were relieved when she made her position clear.

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However, the situation changed after the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) secured victory…

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