New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- The BJP on Tuesday accused Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi of downplaying the Emergency and shielding the Nehru-Gandhi family from public scrutiny through her newly released memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. Launching a sharp attack, BJP national spokesperson C.R. Kesavan said the book would have been more appropriately titled "Whitewashing".
"Sonia Gandhi could have titled her memoir 'Whitewashing' instead of 'Belonging', because the motive of this book appears to be sugar-coating the historical wrongs perpetrated by the Nehru-Gandhi family and camouflaging the cardinal sins committed by the Congress party," Kesavan said on the day the memoir was released.
Meanwhile, BJP leader H.S. P...