India Today Conclave 2018: Sonia Gandhi opens up on why she did not want Rajiv to join politics

Sonia Gandhi did not want husband Rajiv to join politics. That is a fact well known.

Today, Sonia, who was speaking at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai, opened up about her fears with respect to Rajiv joining politics.

She was always against Rajiv joining politics, Sonia suggested today. "There were reasons for me not wanting my husband to join politics."

"Because you see when you are in politics and you are a genuine person who genuinely cares, then everything comes second," Sonia said, adding that she feared that if Rajiv entered politics, the family life that Sonia and Rajiv shared would be impacted.