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Sonia Gandhi in memoir says PM Modi avoids eye contact with her
The Story in Brief
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in her memoir ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ released on 10 November, says she has had ‘practically no real contact’ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in over twelve years. She writes that when they meet at official gatherings he greets her with a formal namaste but ‘tends to look away, avoiding eye contact’.
Gandhi describes their rivalry as ideological, not personal: Modi fights for his vision of India while she stands for ‘inclusiveness, secularism, and social justice’. She acknowledges that Modi ‘worked his way to power within the RSS from an underprivileged world’ and says she understands his discomfort with Delhi’s elite circles. The book, published by HarperCollins India, is available nationwide.
Indian Opinion Analysis
All four outlets report Sonia Gandhi’s memoir claims with near-identical wire-style neutrality, quoting her directly on limited interaction with PM Modi and ideological differences. The New Indian Express and Orissa Post add the detail that Gandhi says Modi’s origins ‘may not have been as humble as his PR team has made out’. NDTV and Times Now omit that line, keeping to a simpler summary. The core fact, Gandhi says Modi avoids eye contact, is uniformly reported, with no source challenging or interpreting the claim. The coverage is uniform straight reporting, providing no editorial slant on any side.
Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral
Sources (3): Syndicated copy (carried by newindianexpress.com, orissapost.com), ndtv.com (neutral report), timesnownews.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
Update, 10 November 2026: this story now draws on 4 sources.
