I told Rajiv don't become PM for the sake of his kids after Indira Gandhi's assassination: Sonia
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has revealed in her upcoming memoir that she pleaded with her husband, Rajiv Gandhi, not to become prime minister following the assassination of his mother and former PM Indira Gandhi. "You must say no, for the children's sake, for yourself...they'll kill you, too!" she recalled telling him. According to Sonia, Rajiv responded, "They'll kill me anyway."