Hindustan Times
I can hardly believe that it is two decades since the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
Just a few days before he was killed he was campaigning in Bombay. I was working for a wire service at the time and my Bureau Chief had given me stern instructions: the then union government had withdrawn his security cover and Rajiv was a sitting duck for assassins. Read more
(41 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Filed under India · Tagged assassination, Bombay, Bombay Congress, Bureau Chief, Election Commissioner, Hindi media, Mulund, Murli Deora, Nagpada, Nehru-Gandhis, president, Rajiv Gandhi, security cover, TN Seshan
I was working for a wire service when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. A few months later, I received a call from my editors in New Delhi: the Amethi seat was up for a by-election and Sonia Gandhi had decided she wanted to give it to Amitabh Bachchan. Her children were too young, she was not into politics (then) and she would rather it stayed with “family”. Read more
(30 votes, average: 4.63 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Filed under India · Tagged amethi, Amitabh Bachchan, Assam Gana Parishad, assassination, Congress MP, film correspondent, Lata Mangeshkar, politics, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Zeenat Aman
