Family affair: Sonia preparing to address a press conference while Rahul looks on in this file pic. (Inset) Indira was gunned down by her bodyguards on Oct 31, 1984. — AFP
NEW DELHI: When Indira Gandhi was gunned down by her bodyguards on Oct 31, 1984, the instant elevation of her son Rajiv to the post of prime minister appeared to confirm her family’s status as India’s natural-born rulers.
But three decades on from the assassination of India’s “Iron Lady”, even members of her Congress party are beginning to question whether they may now have to look beyond the Nehru-Gandhi clan for survival.
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