In a freewheeling interview ahead of the release of her memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi has spoken at length on how the decision to impose the Emergency divided the family.

Ahead of the launch of her memoir, Sonia Gandhi said that Congress has withstood an “onslaught” and that its prospects are improving

When asked if it would not be correct to recognise the Emergency as "anti-democratic and authoritarian chapter", Sonia Gandhi agreed that "democratic rights had been curtailed".