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Sonia`s children dissuaded her from becoming PM: Jyoti Basu
New Delhi, May 18: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu today said Congress president Sonia Gandhi had been dissuaded from becoming Prime Minister by her children, who fear that she might be killed.
New Delhi, May 18: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu
today said Congress president Sonia Gandhi had been dissuaded
from becoming Prime Minister by her children, who fear that
she might be killed.
"Her children say that they have lost their father and do
not want to lose their mother. We cannot give any assurance.
This is a violent country," the former West Bengal Chief
Minister said.
"It is a family affair now and is for Congress to
decide," he said.
Bureau Report