Tezzbuzz Desk- Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi's book Belonging: A Journey of Love has become available in the market from today i.e. November 10. In an excerpt published before the book's publication, Sonia Gandhi has revealed the reasons for her decision not to accept the post of Prime Minister in 2004. He told that at that time there was a constant struggle going on in his mind between political responsibility and personal apprehensions.
According to Sonia Gandhi, before the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, she had discussed this issue with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Both did not want their mother to become Prime Minister. The family's past was also a big reason behind this. Rahul and Priyanka had seen the pain of the assassination of their grandmother Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi. For him, the post of Prime Minister meant more danger to the family.
Sonia wrote that after the election results, on one hand she had the expectations of party workers and voters, while on the other hand she had personal apprehensions about becoming the Prime Minister. He also expressed concern that the BJP and its allies could make his foreign origin a political issue.
Referring to the events of that time in the book, Sonia told that the leaders of the alliance had reached her residence to persuade her to become the Prime Minister. Rahul Gandhi asked him why he said yes to becoming the Prime Minister. Priyanka also reminded him to stick to his earlier decision.
Ultimately Sonia Gandhi refused to accept the post of Prime Minister. He said that the post of Prime Minister was never his goal. After this he proposed the name of Dr. Manmohan Singh for the post of Prime Minister. In 2004, the leadership of the UPA government was taken over by Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi decided to step down from the post of leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party.