'Keeping Sanjay in check could have prevented damage': Sonia Gandhi on Emergency
Sonia Gandhi reflects on the 1975 Emergency in her new book, describing it as a mistake and suggesting that Indira Gandhi eventually regretted the decision. She also notes that the influence of Sanjay Gandhi contributed to the damage caused during that period.
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This provides historical insight into one of the most controversial periods in Indian political history from a key member of the Gandhi family.
NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has described the imposition of the Emergency as a mistake, saying she believes her mother-in-law and then prime minister Indira Gandhi eventually came to regret the decision.The Congress leader in her upcoming book "Belonging: A Journey of Love" also writes that keeping Sanjay Gandhi "in check" could have prevented much of the damage that followed the imposition of the Emergency, according to her interview with The Guardian ahead of the book’s release."I always feel that Mrs (Indira) Gandhi was a democrat at heart," Sonia told the British daily. "I know that many would laugh at this, but I believe she was never comfortable in the course of the emergency.
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