India, Aug. 20 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday remembered his father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, on his 82nd birth anniversary and said his mother Sonia Gandhi's memoir would finally allow millions to read their story she long kept private.

On X, Rahul Gandhi addressed Sonia Gandhi as "Mama" and recalled the last time he saw his parents together more than 35 years ago.

"Since the day Papa left, I have watched you face everything life threw at you with never-ending courage and dignity. Only Priyanka and I really know what you have been through, and how difficult your life after Papa truly was," he wrote.

Referring to Sonia Gandhi's upcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Rahul Gandhi said he was "proud" that ...