Did Penguin India DROP The Sonia Gandhi MEMOIR over MODI, RSS and India-China Ties? | Barkha

#modi #rahulgandhi #bjp #soniagandhi #congress #book #viral Sonia Gandhi’s memoir ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ has triggered a major political row over claims that Penguin Random House India refused to publish the book after she declined to remove passages on PM Modi, the RSS and Chinese incursions. Penguin has denied the claims, saying it is not the book’s Indian publisher and that fact-checking is a routine part of publishing. The Congress has called the episode a “murder of democracy”, while the BJP has questioned why a memoir needs fact-checking at all. What is behind the controversy? Is this about publishing standards, political pressure or free speech? Watch our panel debate the Sonia Gandhi memoir controversy, PM Modi, RSS, China, Congress vs BJP, free speech and censorship in publishing. Barkha Dutt speaks to, Sunetra Choudhury, Political Editor, Hindustan Times, Sandip Ghose, Political Commentator & Columnist, Sugata Srinivasraju, Senior Journalist & Author, Rasheed Kidwai, Senior Journalist & Author