Makarand Desai · Aug 15, 2026 · 3:39 PM UTC

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@makmdAug 15

Aayein? Can somebody explain this to me? Google says during 2009-10 the total EV sales across globe was below 10,000 units. So, who exactly sold these 1,50,000 electric vehicles in India during that year? Did you see any electric vehicles back in 2009? Also, how's this a point against Congress/UPA? Even Elon Musk's Tesla had barely begun to manufacture EVs back then! Then how exactly was India supposed to have EVs back then?

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Anuj Agnihotri Swatntra · Nov 12, 2026 · 1:40 PM UTC

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आरक्षण पर सोनिया गांधी ने अपनी किताब में बहुत साफ-साफ लिखा है कि वो आरक्षण के खिलाफ कभी नहीं थीं, लेकिन वो आरक्षण के गलत इस्तेमाल के खिलाफ जरूर थीं। सोनिया लिखती हैं कि राजीव गांधी भी यही मानते थे कि देश में जो गरीब है, जो दबा हुआ है, जिसे मौका नहीं मिला है, उसे मदद मिलनी चाहिए। चाहे वो किसी भी जाति का हो, किसी भी धर्म का हो, किसी भी इलाके का हो। राजीव हमेशा कहते थे कि मदद गरीबी देखकर मिलनी चाहिए, जाति देखकर नहीं। सोनिया ने लिखा है कि जब वीपी सिंह ने मंडल कमीशन लागू किया तो उन्होंने आरक्षण को गरीबी से जोड़ने की बजाय सिर्फ जाति से जोड़ दिया। सोनिया के हिसाब से यही सबसे बड़ी गलती थी। उन्होंने लिखा है कि वीपी सिंह ने ये फैसला पिछड़ों को ऊपर उठाने के लिए नहीं किया था, बल्कि अपनी...1/2

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Krishna · Nov 12, 2026 · 2:05 AM UTC

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Iac was insane, ajit doval and rss played the entire left

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Army chief must join hands with Anna.

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Anshul Saxena · Nov 12, 2026 · 4:31 PM UTC

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Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge was around 6-7 years old when the Razakars (a militia led by Qasim Razvi) carried out attacks in Hyderabad State in 1948. Razakars set fire to Kharge's house in Bidar, in which his mother and sister were killed. But what did Sonia Gandhi write in her book? She described his home as having been set on fire during "caste riots." If you cannot name them because you are afraid of upsetting your vote bank, then do not talk about it at all. In her memoir, Sonia Gandhi has distorted facts and rewritten history to suit her political narrative.

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Parag Bhandari · Nov 12, 2026 · 6:04 AM UTC

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Dictators bas door se hi acche lagte hai. You are stupid if you think he would have stopped at nasbandi. He was a proper dictator. Even his dictator mother was afraid of him.

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I literally want to cry This man was a Visionary He would have stopped DEHAT India would have had population comparable to America Ample opportunity for everyone Cleanliness all around

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Shashank Mattoo · Nov 12, 2026 · 6:50 AM UTC

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“I knew the moment I’d spoken that I’d made a blunder,” recalls Sonia Gandhi about Rajiv Gandhi regretting his infamous public firing of Foreign Secretary AP Venkateshwaran in 1987

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OpIndia.com · Nov 12, 2026 · 10:48 AM UTC

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Sonia Gandhi's treatment of former PM PV Narasimha Rao is back in focus after Prithviraj Chavan suggested that honouring him could have "hurt certain forces". Rao's mortal remains weren't even allowed inside Congress headquarters after he died in 2004. A telling episode in the Congress party's treatment of a Prime Minister who stood outside the Nehru-Gandhi family. opindia.com/news-updates/cou…

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Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह · Nov 12, 2026 · 7:43 AM UTC

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सोनिया गांधी की किताब #Belonging : A Journey of Love के कई पन्ने पहले ही सोशल मीडिया पर पढ़े और छापे जा चुके हैं… ऐसे में मैं आपको लेकर चलता हूँ पृष्ठ संख्या 486 पर जो इस लिहाज़ से अहम है क्योंकि @SoniaGandhi ने यहां कोरोना महामारी का ज़िक्र किया है। लिखा है कि किस तरह उस महामारी के दौरान @IYC और इसके जवान कार्यकर्ताओं से लोगों की मदद की। @priyankagandhi भी पीड़ित परिवारों तक मदद पहुँचाने में जुटीं थीं। ग़ौरतलब है कि उस समय @srinivasiyc यूथ काँग्रेस के अध्यक्ष थे। वे और उनकी टीम ने जो काम किया, जिस तरह पूरी टीम ने अपनी जान की परवाह किए बग़ैर लाखों लोगों की मदद की… उसका हम सभी गवाह रहे हैं। सोनिया गांधी की पंक्तियाँ काँग्रेस के युवा संगठक के लिए प्रेरणा का काम करेंगी इसमें कोई शक नहीं।

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The Indian Express · Nov 12, 2026 · 4:52 AM UTC

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In her memoir Belonging, Sonia Gandhi revealed that she underwent cancer treatment in Milan and Rotterdam — and not at Mumbai’s Tata Memorial or New York’s renowned cancer hospital Memorial Sloan Kettering, as many had suspected. indianexpress.com/article/ex…

Why Sonia Gandhi chose a Milan hospital over Tata Memorial for cancer surgery

Sonia Gandhi’s memoir reveals details of her breast cancer surgery in Milan and subsequent treatment in Rotterdam. Here’s why she chose the European hospitals.

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Nikhil · Nov 12, 2026 · 4:20 PM UTC

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Not holding back 😆

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News24 · Nov 12, 2026 · 4:09 AM UTC

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"राजीव जिंदा होते तो हम नॉर्मल जिंदगी जी रहे होते" ◆ कांग्रेस नेता सोनिया गांधी ने कहा @SoniaGandhi | Sonia Gandhi | #SoniaGandhi

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Pratinav Anil · Nov 12, 2026 · 7:28 AM UTC

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A disappointing exercise in family apologetics. I read Sonia Gandhi’s memoir so you don’t have to. My latest for @thetimes: thetimes.com/culture/books/a…

Marriage and misrule — life inside the Gandhi dynasty

In her memoir Belonging, the Italian-born Sonia Gandhi writes movingly about her personal life — but ignores the many victims of her family’s rule

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Shashank Mattoo · Nov 12, 2026 · 7:02 AM UTC

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Sonia Gandhi remembers causing a diplomatic incident with the King of Bhutan in the 1960s

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Anuj Agnihotri Swatntra · Nov 12, 2026 · 3:43 PM UTC

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अटल बिहारी वाजपेई पर सोनिया ने किताब में बिल्कुल अलग अंदाज में लिखा है। जहां वीपी सिंह और राव साहब पर उन्होंने गुस्सा और दर्द लिखा है, वहीं वाजपेई जी पर उन्होंने सम्मान और इज्जत के साथ लिखा है। सोनिया लिखती हैं कि वाजपेई जी भले ही दूसरी पार्टी के थे, भले ही विचारधारा अलग थी, लेकिन वो कभी दुश्मन जैसे नहीं लगे। वो हमेशा कहते थे कि राजनीति में विरोधी होना अलग बात है, दुश्मन होना अलग बात है। सोनिया लिखती हैं कि वाजपेई जी ने इस बात को पूरी जिंदगी निभाया। जब राजीव गांधी की हत्या हुई तो वाजपेई जी सबसे पहले उनके घर आए थे। वो चुपचाप एक कोने में बैठ गए थे, उन्होंने कोई राजनीति की बात नहीं की, कोई भाषण नहीं दिया। वाजपेई जी ने उस दिन सिर्फ इतना कहा था, सोनिया जी, मैं आपका दुख समझता हूं, अगर कभी किसी चीज की जरूरत हो तो मुझे अपना भाई समझकर बता दीजिएगा। सोनिया लिखती हैं कि उस दिन उन्हें पहली बार लगा था कि राजनीति में भी इंसानियत जिंदा है। सोनिया आगे लिखती हैं कि जब वो खुद राजनीति में आईं तो वाजपेई जी प्रधानमंत्री थे। संसद में कई बार दोनों के बीच तीखी बहस होती थी, लेकिन संसद से बाहर निकलते ही...1/2

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Sandiip Gandotra · Nov 12, 2026 · 5:47 AM UTC

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Sonia Gandhi in her own book admits she watched classified Blue Star footage with the PM and sat through top-secret intelligence briefings on Sikh regiment desertions right after Indira’s assassination. In what constitutional capacity? Why were India’s most sensitive national security secrets shared with family members holding no elected or official position?

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Sugata Srinivasaraju · Nov 11, 2026 · 6:11 PM UTC

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This should not have happened after all the hullabaloo about Penguin’s edits and fact-checks. It will also be interesting to find out if the book, finally published by Harper Collins, quietly accommodates the concerns originally raised by Penguin or has ignored it all together. ** Sonia Gandhi memoir Belonging flagged for 55 factual and contextual issues - India Today indiatoday.in/india/story/so…

President R.K. Narayan? Why Sonia Gandhi needed a better fact-checker for her book

An examination of Sonia Gandhi's memoir has flagged 55 factual and contextual issues. The discrepancies highlight weaknesses in its accounts of parliamentary, political and international events.

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Anuj Agnihotri Swatntra · Nov 12, 2026 · 1:00 PM UTC

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सोनिया गांधी ने अपनी किताब में मंडल कमीशन को सिर्फ एक सरकारी फैसला नहीं बताया है, उन्होंने इसे एक ऐसे दिन की तरह बताया है जिस दिन भारत की राजनीति की दिशा ही बदल गई। मंडल कमीशन लागू होने से दो दिन पहले ही राजीव गांधी को इस बात की भनक लग गई थी कि वीपी सिंह कुछ बड़ा करने वाले हैं। राजीव ने उसी समय वीपी सिंह को फोन किया था और उनसे कहा था कि ऐसा मत कीजिए, देश जल जाएगा, लोग सड़कों पर आ जाएंगे। लेकिन वीपी सिंह ने उस समय यही कहा था कि अब बहुत देर हो चुकी है, फैसला हो चुका है। सोनिया लिखती हैं कि उस रात राजीव ने खाना नहीं खाया था। वो पूरी रात बालकनी में टहलते रहे थे और बार बार यही कह रहे थे कि ये फैसला देश को बहुत पीछे ले जाएगा। सोनिया आगे लिखती हैं कि जब मंडल कमीशन लागू हुआ तो...1/2

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The Indian Express · Nov 12, 2026 · 6:55 AM UTC

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“Feroze has many faults, which one of us hasn’t?… But that doesn’t make any difference to my feelings for him. I like him in spite of his faults, or it may be, because of his faults,” former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wrote to a friend who told her of gossip about her husband. Read more: indianexpress.com/article/po…

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Jasveer Singh · Nov 12, 2026 · 10:34 AM UTC

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In her new book, Sonia Gandhi calls someone from the 1999 political drama a 'thoroughly dishonest' person but refuses to name him. This was the time when she came close to becoming Prime Minister but never did. She didn't reveal the name. But here's the story of two men who played a crucial role in what happened next. And it's even more interesting. In April 1999, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government fell by just one vote. Sonia Gandhi saw an opportunity to become Prime Minister. Mulayam Singh Yadav initially indicated that his 20 MPs would support her. Sonia Gandhi approached the President, claiming she had the numbers to form the government. Then came the U-turn. Mulayam Singh Yadav refused to support her But the more interesting character in this story was Amar Singh. Before becoming Mulayam Singh's closest political confidant, Amar Singh had tried repeatedly to meet Sonia Gandhi. Not once. Not twice. Four times. Every request was rejected, reportedly even after senior Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia recommended him. Imagine being an influential political operator, trying four times to meet someone and being refused every single time. Amar Singh reportedly took it as a personal insult. He later became one of Mulayam Singh Yadav's most trusted advisers. His influence over Mulayam was enormous. And when the question of supporting Sonia Gandhi came up in 1999, Amar Singh allegedly played a decisive role in changing Mulayam's mind. He reportedly raised Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, opposition within Congress and the threat of a Congress revival in Uttar Pradesh. Mulayam withdrew his support. Mulayam Singh made the decision. Amar Singh allegedly engineered it.

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Facts · Nov 11, 2026 · 3:41 AM UTC

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10 MISTAKES FOUND IN SONIA GANDHI’S BOOK, BELONGING: A JOURNEY OF LOVE CLAIM vs REALITY 1. CLAIM: Ahmedabad is the capital of Gujarat. REALITY: Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. 2. CLAIM: South Block housed the Home Ministry. REALITY: The Home Ministry is located in North Block. 3. CLAIM: The 1985 Nassau Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 49th CHOGM. REALITY: It was the 8th CHOGM. 28th happened in 2026. 4. CLAIM: RSS was founded in 1921. REALITY: RSS was founded in 1925. 5. CLAIM: Ahmed Patel died of COVID-19 in 2022. REALITY: He died on 25 November 2020. 6. CLAIM: Four coaches of the Sabarmati Express were set on fire at Godhra. REALITY: The fatal fire occurred in one coach, S-6. 7. CLAIM: The Obama family attended a lunch in January 2010 during their India visit. REALITY: Barack Obama’s 2010 India visit took place in November. 8. CLAIM: Sheikh Hasina served as Prime Minister for four terms. REALITY: She began her fifth term in January 2024. 9. CLAIM: Chandrika Kumaratunga’s assassination attempt took place during the 2000 election campaign. REALITY: It took place on 18 December 1999. 10. CLAIM: Anna Hazare emerged as the face of the India Against Corruption movement in 2012. REALITY: The movement began in 2011. Anna Hazare began his hunger strike on 5 April 2011.

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Anuj Agnihotri Swatntra · Nov 12, 2026 · 10:16 AM UTC

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मंडल कमीशन पर सोनिया ने लिखा है, जब वीपी सिंह ने मंडल कमीशन लागू किया, तो राजीव सबसे ज्यादा परेशान हुए थे। राजीव ने घर आकर सोनिया से कहा था...सोनिया, ये आदमी देश को तोड़ देगा। आज जाति के नाम पर आरक्षण दे रहा है, कल लोग जाति के नाम पर एक-दूसरे को मारेंगे। राजीव आरक्षण के खिलाफ नहीं थे। वो कहते थे, गरीब को मदद मिलनी चाहिए, चाहे वो किसी भी जाति का हो। लेकिन वीपी सिंह ने गरीबी नहीं देखी, उन्होंने सिर्फ जाति देखी। उन्होंने लिखा है, वीपी सिंह को पता था, उनकी सरकार गिरने वाली है। चंद्रशेखर और बीजेपी उनसे अलग हो रहे थे। तो...1/2

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