{"id":336,"date":"2008-04-16T02:11:11","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T02:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2008-04-16T02:11:11","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T02:11:11","slug":"priyanka-visits-rajiv-gandhi-assasination-accused-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/priyanka-visits-rajiv-gandhi-assasination-accused-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Priyanka visits Rajiv Gandhi assasination accused in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was really surprised and would say moved when I read the Priyanka Vadera ( nee Gandhi) went to visit Nalini in prison- one of the accused in the assasination of Rajiv Gandhi. I have never met Priyanka nor do I know what transpired except that Nalini has made statements of how much she now respects the Gandhi family.  Apparently Sonia Gandhi herself had asked for clemency against the death sentence on Nalini because of her (then) five year old baby.  Priyanka apparently went to get closure for herself on her father&#8217;s tragic and brutal death.  I guess I find this act of forgiveness and redemption not only very moving, but also that there was absolutely no attempt to make political capital of this visit from India&#8217;s most political family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was really surprised and would say moved when I read the Priyanka Vadera ( nee Gandhi) went to visit Nalini in prison- one of the accused in the assasination of Rajiv Gandhi. 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