In her memoir "Belonging: A Journey Of Love," Sonia Gandhi asserted that the legal framework of the newspaper's revival legally prohibited any directors or shareholders from extracting financial benefits. She situated this dispute within a wider pattern of targeted harassment against Rahul Gandhi, who has been subjected to dozens of court proceedings across multiple states. These legal battles notably culminated in a 2023 defamation ruling that temporarily cost him his parliamentary seat and official residence. She also highlighted how her son turned to practices like Vipassana meditation and martial arts to endure these sustained public and political pressures.
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Sonia Gandhi maintains that the criminal conspiracy charges regarding the National Herald…: Sonia Gandhi maintains that the criminal conspiracy charges regarding the National Herald lack financial merit due to the organization's non-profit status.
The Congress leadership views the extensive litigation as a calculated attempt to legally…: The Congress leadership views the extensive litigation as a calculated attempt to legally exhaust and disqualify Rahul Gandhi before elections.
The memoir alleges that the ruling government ran an organized campaign utilizing distort…: The memoir alleges that the ruling government ran an organized campaign utilizing distorted media narratives to undermine Rahul Gandhi's political credibility.
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New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has asserted that neither Rahul Gandhi nor she ever received a penny from the National Herald revival process, as she accused the BJP of playing accuser and the judge simultaneously to target opposition leaders.
In her memoir "Belonging: A Journey Of Love", Sonia Gandhi also says it broke her heart to witness the level of aggression her son has had to endure because of targeting by the Narendra Modi government and the BJP.
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As common as such attacks are in politics, this was a "fully-funded and well-organised campaign" projecting him as an entitled and petulant man with little understanding of the political world, she says, slamming attempts at tarnishing her son's image.
Rahul was given derogatory epithets, social media trolls were unleashed to mock him and distort practically every word he uttered, she says in the book.
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