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Penguin drops Sonia Gandhi memoir; Congress alleges publisher caved to the Centre
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging has been dropped by Penguin India just two months before its scheduled release. While the publisher says it remained willing to publish the book, Congress has alleged that it caved to pressure from the BJP over sections on Narendra Modi, the RSS and India-China relations.
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