Politics
How George Fernandes Was Hounded For Speaking Against Sonia Gandhi
- On his 87 birth anniversary today (3 June), we take a look at how George Fernandes was viciously attacked for being an outspoken opponent of Sonia Gandhi.
George Fernandes
In 2001, when the Vajpayee-led NDA was in power at the Centre, the country was rocked by what came to be called “Coffingate” by the media. There were allegations of financial irregularities in the purchase of coffins–in actuality, they were not coffins but aluminium caskets (but the media decided that ‘coffin’ sounds better)–in the wake of the Kargil conflict in 1999.
The Vicious Attacks On George Fernandes
Why George Fernandes?
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