India was my home, my kids' home: Sonia on staying after Rajiv’s assassination

In an interview, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said she never considered leaving India after her husband Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991, despite her sister urging her to return to Italy. "Leaving India was never an option...India was my home, my children's home," she said. She also said that she stayed away from active politics for several years after Rajiv's assassination.