Hyderabad: A day after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s autobiography Belonging: A Journey of Love, released, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) working president T. Jagga Reddy has announced plans to produce a biopic on Sonia Gandhi based on her autobiography book.Addressing a meeting of Congress leaders and workers in Sangareddy on Wednesday, Jagga Reddy said that party leaders and cadres from the Sangareddy assembly constituency would jointly produce the film. Constituency Congress convenor Julakanti Anjaneyulu announced a contribution of Rs. 2 crore towards the film project.Jagga Reddy proposed setting up a 50-member committee to oversee the film’s production, supervising the arrangements. 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.From family life to political journeyThe 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.“It will also depict the personal tragedies faced by the family following the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi’s struggles, her role in raising Rahul and Priyanka, and her subsequent entry into active politics,” he saidDescribing 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.Giving up the Prime Minister’s post was historicJagga Reddy said Sonia Gandhi had never been driven by an ambition to become PM. 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. He described her decision to give up the opportunity as a historic political gesture.The Congress senior 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.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.
