NEW DELHI (The Thursday Times) — Sonia Gandhi ki yaaddasht ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ mangal ko farokht ke liye pesh ki gayi, jis mein Italy ke aik gaon se Bharat ki Congress party ki qayadat tak un ke safar ka ahwal hai, aur hukmran Bharatiya Janata Party ne fauran ilzam lagaya ke yeh un ke khandan ke record ki leepa-poti hai.
HarperCollins India ki shaye karda 544 safhat ki yeh kitab ab 79 sala Gandhi ki Italy mein paidaish aur England mein talib-e-ilmi ke zamane se, jahan un ki mulaqat Rajiv Gandhi se hui, Nehru-Gandhi khandan mein shamooliyat tak ka ihata karti hai, jis ne Bharat ko teen wuzra-e-azam diye. Unhon ne 2004 mein khud wazarat-e-uzma ka ohda thukra diya tha. Yeh khandan ke kisi fard ki doosri yaaddasht hai, is se pehle Jawaharlal Nehru ki ‘An Autobiography’ 1936 mein shaye hui thi.
Mohabbat, sadma aur bimari
Gandhi apni shaadi aur cancer ke do hamlon ke baare mein likhti hain. Un ke mutabiq 2010 mein unhein chhati ke mushtaba cancer ka operation karane ka mashwara diya gaya, aur unhon ne Milan ke bahar European Institute of Oncology mein ilaj ka intikhab kiya kyunke woh nahin chahti thin ke media mein un ki bimari zer-e-behas aaye. Woh likhti hain, “Surgery ke din jab mujhe operation theatre le jaya ja raha tha to Rahul aur Priyanka ne mera haath thaama aur meri peshani chumi, aur yaqeen dilaya ke sab theek ho jayega.”
Woh 1985 mein Shah Bano case par Rajiv se behas ka bhi zikr karti hain. Un ke baqaul unhon ne Rajiv se poocha, “Akhbarat aap par Muslim khawateen ke mafadat qurban karne ka ilzam laga rahe hain. Yeh kya ho raha hai? Aap aisa kyun hone de rahe hain?” Woh likhti hain ke 2010 mein Pranab Mukherjee ne kaha ke “ab upar tabdeeli ka waqt hai”, jise unhon ne wazir-e-azam banne ki khwahish ka ishara samjha, aur woh is ilzam ko mustarad karti hain ke Manmohan Singh ki hukoomat ke dauran woh “pichhli nashist se gari chala” rahi thin.
Aik siyasi tanaza
Indira Gandhi ke qatl ke baad 1984 ke Sikh mukhalif fasadat par, jin mein taqreeban 3 hazar afrad mare gaye, woh tashaddud ko “aik almanak aur sharamnak baab” qarar deti hain aur Rajiv ka mulawwis hone ke ilzamat se difa karti hain, jabke hukmrani ki nakamiyon aur insaf mein takheer ka aitraf karti hain. Woh likhti hain ke 1975 ki emergency nafiz karne se pehle Indira khud ko tanha aur ghira hua mehsoos karti thin.
BJP ke tarjuman C.R. Kesavan ne kaha, “Sonia Gandhi apni yaaddasht ka naam ‘Belonging’ ke bajaye ‘Whitewashing’ rakh sakti thin”, aur un par khandan ki tareekhi ghaltiyon ko chhupane ka ilzam lagaya. Punjab mein Shiromani Akali Dal aur BJP ke rehnumaon ne 1984 par Congress se jawab manga hai, aur Bihar ki Janata Dal (United) ne kaha ke woh Nitish Kumar ki tasveer-kashi par ranjeeda hai. Congress rehnuma BJP par kitab ko siyasi rang dene ka ilzam lagate hain.
Kitab ki runumai ki taqreeb 16 November ko Nayi Dilli mein munaqid hone wali hai.
