Sonia Gandhi Says She Cried Watching Babri Masjid Demolition On TV; BJP's 'Dil Mein Babar' Attack

In an interview with The Guardian ahead of her memoir’s release, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi recalled breaking down while watching the Babri Masjid demolition on television in December 1992. She said the incident made her realise that India faced a long struggle to preserve its secular character. Gandhi also acknowledged that the Congress’s complacency had partly contributed to the BJP’s rise. Her remarks drew a sharp response from BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, who accused the Congress of continuing to sympathise with Babur and contrasted Sonia Gandhi’s remarks with Rajiv Gandhi’s political outreach in Ayodhya. Trivedi also questioned when and on which channel she had watched the demolition.