Belonging: A Journey of Love

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Union Minister Giriraj Singh has attacked Sonia Gandhi over her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, which came out on Tuesday. He claimed her account of crying after the Babri Masjid incident shows she sheds tears only for Muslim votes.

Singh said her sympathy vanishes when Pakistani militants kill Indians or when Naxalites carry out killings of Sanatanis. He also responded to her note that Prime Minister Modi avoids meeting her gaze, saying Modi looks straight at Pakistan and India's enemies while talking to them.

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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi says the Modi government has badly weakened India's democracy and institutions over 12 years, and repairing them will take time even after it leaves.

In an interview, she said opposition parties are competing on an uneven field and alleged that a number of elections were won unfairly.

Her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, comes out on November 10. A BJP MLA from Maharashtra said the book is less a life story and more a push to promote her son Rahul Gandhi's failed political launches.