New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- The "ground has shifted" under the Modi government's feet, says Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, firm in her belief that this regime is not here to stay and the government's actions demonstrate its insecurity.
Gandhi says in her memoir "Belonging: A Journey of Love" that she senses the next generation's yearning for fairness, for doing away with oppressive systems and injustice.
"It will take time, but I know the wheel will turn and they will succeed. They will retrieve the soul of our country and heal its wounds," she writes in the book that hit the stands on Tuesday.
The country's young men and women will safeguard our hard-won freedoms and carefully designed harmony, Gandhi says in the 526-page book that spans her remarkable life, right from
her growing up years in Italy and meeting Rajiv Gandhi in Cambridge to his assassination and her entry into politics.
"As of this writing the government continues with its narrative that its power and popularity remain intact. But it's my belief that the ground has shifted under their feet.
The mainstream media remains as partisan as before, but the government's actions demonstrate its insecurity," Gandhi says.
State elections held in recent months, for instance, strongly point to large-scale tampering with the electoral rolls, she says, referring to the Opposition's "vote chori" allegations.
Meanwhile, in fresh criticism of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said she decided to make the "super sacrifice" of not taking up prime ministership only to become a "super PM".
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also rejected Gandhi's claim in her memoir, "Belonging: A Journey of Love", that her husband Rajiv Gandhi was against the Emergency.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.