{"id":17544,"date":"2026-08-28T12:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17544"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:44:45","slug":"what-exactly-needed-fact-checking-amit-malviya-jibes-amid-sonia-gandhi-memoir-row-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=17544","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;What exactly needed fact-checking?&#8217; Amit Malviya jibes amid Sonia Gandhi memoir row | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133591207,imgsize-1335268,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/pti-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"'What exactly needed fact-checking?' Amit Malviya jibes amid Sonia Gandhi memoir row\" title=\"Amit Malviya takes dig at Sonia Gandhi\u2019s memoir\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Amit Malviya takes dig at Sonia Gandhi\u2019s memoir\">Amit Malviya takes dig at Sonia Gandhi\u2019s memoir<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: BJP leader Amit Malviya on Friday took a dig at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over Penguin Random House India\u2019s decision to &#8220;fact-check her memoir&#8221;, questioning whether the exercise was meant to verify the author\u2019s memories or address what he described as \u201cthe blurred line between fact and fiction\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Malviya said it was \u201crather amusing\u201d that the publisher felt the need to fact-check a memoir written by Sonia Gandhi herself.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;It is rather amusing that Penguin Random House India felt the need to fact-check Sonia Gandhi\u2019s memoir, a book authored by Sonia Gandhi herself. The publisher says fact-checking is a normal part of the publishing process and that it remained \u201cwilling and keen\u201d to publish the book. Fair enough,&#8221; Malviya said in a post on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;But if a publisher has to fact-check a memoir written by its own author, perhaps the obvious question is: what exactly needed fact-checking &#8211; the author\u2019s memories, or the blurred line between fact and fiction?&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The remarks came after Penguin Random House India clarified on Friday that it is not the publisher of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi\u2019s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love in India. The publishing house also rejected reports that it had decided against publishing the book because Sonia Gandhi declined to accept editorial changes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>In a statement posted on X, the publishing house said it had remained \u201cwilling and keen to publish\u201d the memoir and stressed that fact-checking and providing editorial recommendations are a routine part of the publishing process.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The clarification comes weeks after US publisher Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced that Belonging would be released on November 10. However, the memoir\u2019s publisher or distributor in India remains unclear.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>An e-commerce listing has shown an e-book edition of Belonging available for pre-order at Rs 2,615, with William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins UK, listed as the publisher.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>According to Alfred A Knopf, the memoir by 79-year-old Sonia Gandhi will offer a personal account of her life, spanning her childhood in post-war Italy, her marriage into the Nehru-Gandhi family and the assassination of her husband, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The book will also chronicle her entry into the \u201cpublic world of politics\u201d following Rajiv Gandhi\u2019s assassination and her decision to decline the post of prime minister in 2004.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a 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