Congress President Sonia Gandhi described late Prime Minister and her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi as her “friend and mentor”, saying the late leader’s nationalism was all-inclusive and rooted in the philosophy of compassion.
In her speech at the launch of a book ‘India’s Indira’ in New Delhi, Sonia Gandhi said the then Prime Minister had no time for “snobbishness, ostentation, or pomposity, and was quick to detect hypocrisy and insincerity”.
Sonia Gandhi’s speech was read by her son and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.The Congress President said she had good fortune of living with Indira Gandhi for 16 years.
“The brand of patriotism that I witnessed in Indira Gandhi was a noble and generous one that she imbibed from the notables of the freedom movement –from her beloved father (Jawaharlal Nehru) above all, and from Gandhi ji — her dear Bapu.
“It was an all-inclusive, all-embracing nationalism rooted in a philosophy of compassion. This made her a proud Indian but also a citizen of the world,” she said.
Sonia Gandhi, who was born in Italy and married Indira Gandhi’s older son Rajiv Gandhi, said the late leader was a “remarkable person”.
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