The Red Sari: 'banned' biography on Sonia Gandhi finally released in India

The Red Sari: 'banned' biography on Sonia Gandhi finally released in India

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The Red Sari: 'banned' biography on Sonia Gandhi finally released in India
The Red Sari: 'banned' biography on Sonia Gandhi finally released in India

The fictional novel based on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, 'the Red Sari,' which could not be published in 2010, finally released in India in January 2015.

The 'Dramatized Biography of Sonia Gandhi' was originally published in October 2010 in Spanish.

The Spanish version of the book is called 'El Sari Rojo.'

The author of the book, Javier Moro claimed that Congress lawyers and spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi had written to his publishers demanding them to withdraw the book from shops.

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Abhishek Singhvi claimed that the book violated a person's privacy for monetary gain.

However, the book finally got released in India in January 2015 since there was no official ban on the book.

Also, as per the reports, Sonia Gandhi's lawyers have themselves cleared the publisher of the book to publish the biography now.

The book has been published by Roli Books.