But she says that the allegations that she sent for files from the PMO were "malicious and totally false".She also reveals that she - along with her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - had decided months before the 2004 general elections result that she would never become PM, something her children insisted on because of safety concerns.Singh was chosen because his image as the man who liberalised the economy in 1991 would offset those who had concerns about the Left supporting the UPA government from the outside.Sunetra Choudhury is the National Political Editor of the Hindustan Times. With over two decades of experience in print and television, she has authored Black Warrant (Roli,2019), Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famous (Roli,2017) and Braking News (Hachette, 2010).
Sunetra is the recipient of the Red Ink award in journalism in 2016 and Mary Morgan Hewett award in 2018.Read More