Najma Heptulla on Sonia Gandhi: “In 1998, when Sonia Gandhi donned the party mantle, far too many layers of people sprung up between the rank and file, and the leader. That was the problem with 10 Janpath. Direct communication was cut off because of junior functionaries. They were not party workers, just clerks and other staff working there,” former Union minister and veteran parliamentarian Najma Heptulla, who was with the Congress party till 2004 before joining the BJP, writes in her autobiography, ‘In Pursuit of Democracy: Beyond Party Lines’. Heptulla, who became a Rajya Sabha member in 1980 and served as Deputy Chairperson of the Upper House for 17 years, delves into several incidents in her book that reflect the growing mistrust between her and the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi.Sonia Gandhi did not trust me: Najma Heptulla in her new book ‘In Pursuit of Democracy: Beyond Party Lines’
Najma Heptulla on Sonia Gandhi: “In 1998, when Sonia Gandhi donned the party mantle, far too many layers of people sprung up between the rank and file, and the leader. That was the problem with 10 Janpath. Direct communication was cut off because of junior functionaries. They were not party workers, just clerks and other staff working there,” former Union minister and veteran parliamentarian Najma Heptulla, who was with the Congress party till 2004 before joining the BJP, writes in her autobiography, ‘In Pursuit of Democracy: Beyond Party Lines’. Heptulla, who became a Rajya Sabha member in 1980 and served as Deputy Chairperson of the Upper House for 17 years, delves into several incidents in her book that reflect the growing mistrust between her and the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
