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Sonia Gandhi - 'Holy' only in Indian media, not so abroad? : IBTL

A neutral observer of Indian media could soon catch up the
partisan attitude that our media takes while extending the 'holy
cow' treatment to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Despite an appeal at
the Supreme Court and question having been raised in Rajya Sabha on
Rajiv Gandhi's Swiss account, Indian media is tight-lipped on the
issue. Of course, it's the same media that made a storm of
corruption cases of other political leaders across party lines, but
when it's about the top family, media is muted. Certain BJP
supporters even complain the mainstream media to have become
Congress mouthpiece which is substantiated by the differential
treatment meted out to Yeddyurappa of BJP and other former CMs of
Karnataka, while their offence was the same. But, let's not accuse
our not-so-sacred journalist fraternity of being partisan between
parties, however, the silence of Indian media on issues relating to
Sonia Gandhi is in contrast to how the foreign media reacted to it,
and quite early.
The Huffingston post, a leading US daily,
published an analysis of corruption charges against Sonia Gandhi as
early as in April 2011. It titled its piece as "World's #9 Most
Powerful Person Now Accused of Corruption -- Will She Fall?" The
analysis raises interesting points, which our media is too shy to
raise, even now, when there's a public upsurge against corruption,
for reasons, best known to it.
Excerpts from the article are given below, for our
readers.
Sonia Gandhi has one of the most remarkable life stories in
international politics. Born Edvige Antonia Albina Maino
into a family of modest means in rural Italy, she didn't even get a
chance to complete high school before heading to the UK for
work. There she met Rajiv Gandhi, son of Indian Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi. She eventually married him and the young
family moved in to Indira Gandhi's New Delhi's home, putting her
literally in the heart of Indian politics. However there have been
growing, persistent murmurs about questionable business deals and
inexplicable exponential jumps in the personal wealth of her and
her family.
In 1995 when M. D. Nalapat, then Resident Editor (Delhi) of the
world's largest English language newspaper, the Times of India,
began a groundbreaking series of articles about Sonia. The series
said that her desire for power wasn't simply altruistic and that
the wealth not only of her, but of her Italian relatives, rose
stratospherically after Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister in 1984.
While the facts in the article were never refuted, Nalapat was
forced out of journalism in 1998.
Part of the genius of Sonia Gandhi is her ability to present
herself as a helpless victim, convincing even her political rivals
not to fear her as she is fatally flawed. In 1998, India was being
led by BJP Prime Minister Vajpayee. When Nalapat spoke with him
about Sonia, he was bluntly told to lay off, as, "so long as a
white Christian lady is head of the Congress Party, I [Vajpayee]
and my party will always be in power". Vajpayee and his party lost
power to Sonia's Congress in 2004.
Read the full article on Huffingston post here - World's #9 Most Powerful Person Now
Accused of Corruption -- Will She Fall?
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