Constituency Congress convener Julakanti Anjaneyulu announced a contribution of Rs 2 crore towards the project. Hyderabad: A day after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi ’s autobiography ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ was released, TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy announced plans to produce a biopic on Sonia Gandhi based on her autobiography book.
Addressing a meeting of Congress leaders and workers, Jagga Reddy said that party leaders and cadres from Sangareddy assembly constituency would jointly produce the film.
Jagga Reddy also announced that copies of Sonia Gandhi’s autobiography would be procured and distributed among Congress workers to help them understand her life and political journey.
Jagga Reddy proposed setting up a 50-member committee to oversee the film’s production, supervising the arrangements. Recalling the formation of the UPA govt in 2004, he said that despite demands from Congress leaders that she take over as PM, she chose to nominate Manmohan Singh for the post. Earlier reporting noted: According to people aware of the details, the event will be held on November 16 at ITC Maurya Hotel in the Capital.
He urged party leaders to mobilise the required funds and said a good director would be selected after finalising the budget. “Once the preparatory work is completed, chief minister A Revanth Reddy and TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud would be invited to formally launch the shooting,” he said. The film will portray different phases of Sonia Gandhi’s life, including her journey as the daughter-in-law of former PM Indira Gandhi, wife of Rajiv Gandhi and mother of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jagga Reddy said. Describing Sonia Gandhi’s political journey as remarkable, Jagga Reddy said she had studied the complexities of the Congress party, which he compared to an ocean in terms of its depth. He said she had earned a distinct place in a country characterised by diverse religions, castes and languages. Jagga Reddy said Sonia Gandhi had never been driven by an ambition to become PM. The senior Congress leader said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) had taken shape through the ideas and vision of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. He claimed that people wanted another Prime Minister to emerge from the Gandhi family and said Sonia Gandhi’s aspiration was to see Rahul Gandhi become PM of the country. Earlier reporting noted: Sonia Gandhi to mark release of memoir ‘Belonging: A journey of love’ at Delhi event next week Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi will hold an event next week to mark the release of her memoir, “Belonging: A journey of love”, which hit the stands on Tuesday. Close associates of the Gandhi family have also been invited for the event, the people said. Guests will be personally invited by the publisher and the Gandhi family,” one of them said, seeking anonymity.
He described her decision to give up the opportunity as a historic political gesture. It will be attended by Gandhi’s children – Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra – and party president Mallikarjun Kharge.
Earlier reporting noted: “It will not be open to all.