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Priyanka Gandhi backs Sonia’s memoir; says she has every right to narrate her experiences

Wayanad, Nov 12 (UNI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday strongly defended her mother Sonia Gandhi's memoir, asserting that she had every right to share her personal experiences and present her version of events after remaining silent for years in the face of criticism and allegations.
Reacting to the controversy surrounding the book, Priyanka said the former Congress president had been subjected to sustained attacks and false narratives by the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for much of her life in India.
She said Sonia Gandhi had chosen to tell her own story through the memoir and there was nothing wrong in exercising that right. Priyanka also took a swipe at the BJP over its objections to the book, remarking that she was glad the party was reading it after repeatedly making allegations against her mother.
The memoir, titled Belonging: A Journey of Love, has triggered a political debate, with the BJP questioning several accounts and observations contained in it, particularly those relating to significant events in India's political history.
The controversy has also brought the Emergency of 1975 and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots into the political discourse, with the BJP accusing Sonia Gandhi of attempting to present a favourable account of the Congress leadership's role during those periods.
The Congress has maintained that the memoir reflects Sonia Gandhi's personal experiences and perspective, and that she is entitled to recount her life and political journey in her own words.
Priyanka's remarks came during her three-day visit to Wayanad, where she is attending various programmes and reviewing development activities in the constituency.
During the visit, she also met the family of Padma Shri awardee and traditional seed conservationist Cheruvayal Raman at Mananthavady. She was scheduled to inaugurate Smart Anganwadis at Kammana and Thrissillery as part of her constituency programmes.
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