'Madam is busy': When Najma Heptulla waited an hour to talk to Sonia Gandhi during call from Berlin

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Najma Heptulla, in her autobiography, recounts her ordeal of waiting an hour on an international call to inform Sonia Gandhi about her election as IPU president, only to be told 'Madam is busy.' Disappointed, Heptulla says this incident marked a turning point in her relationship with Congress, eventually leading to her joining...

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Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician (born 1946)
The Congress party is holding its All India Congress Committee session in Ahmedabad after 64 years. The session, named "Nyaypath: Sankalp, Samarpan aur..
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla rebuked Sonia Gandhi's claim that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was 'bulldozed' through Parliament, asserting rules were followed...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla criticised Sonia Gandhi's comments on the Waqf Amendment Bill, calling them "unfortunate" and undermining parliamentary democracy...
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Addressing party MPs at a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party in Samvidhan Sadan here, Sonia Gandhi also said that the One Nation, One Election Bill is..
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Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian political party
The Congress on Tuesday had accused the BJP of being "anti-Dalit" and demanded an apology from its top leadership after a party leader sprinkled Ganga water at a..
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The BJP has criticised the Congress for invoking Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's legacy during the AICC session in Ahmedabad, calling it politically motivated. BJP..
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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a strong attack on the BJP-led government, alleging electoral fraud in Maharashtra and questioning the credibility..
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The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly faced disruption for the third consecutive day, leading to a three-hour adjournment. The uproar stemmed from demands..
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The BJP has criticized the Congress party regarding the seating arrangement for its president, Mallikarjun Kharge, during a prayer session. Amit Malviya..
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Najma Heptulla, in her autobiography, recounts her ordeal of waiting an hour on an international call to inform Sonia Gandhi about her election as IPU president,...
on December 1, 2024 • IndiaTimes

Najma Heptulla highlights a significant experience from 1999 where, after being elected president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), she had to wait an hour...
on December 1, 2024 • IndiaTimes

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