In Interview, Sonia Gandhi Recalls Love and Loss in India

Sonia Gandhi released a memoir and gave an interview in which she discussed her entry into Indian politics, the assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, and the assassination of her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi in 1984. Gandhi, who was born in Italy and married into the Nehru-Gandhi political family, served as president of the Indian National Congress from 1998 to 2017. The memoir covers her life before entering politics and her decades leading the opposition party.

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