Sonia Gandhi launches Instagram account, quickly amasses over 110,000 followers
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi opened an Instagram profile on Thursday, promoting her forthcoming memoir and attracting more than 110,000 followers within hours.
On Thursday, Sonia Gandhi debuted on Instagram, posting a clip of herself accepting the first copies of her memoir "Belonging: A Journey of Love" and later a picture of her perusing the book. Within a few hours, the profile gathered over 110,000 followers, prompting the Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson to follow the accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and the party itself. Top Congress leaders quickly followed her account and expressed enthusiasm for the memoir, which chronicles her personal and political life.
The book is scheduled to be published in India on November 10 by HarperCollins India after a dispute with Penguin Random House India. The memoir covers Gandhi’s early years in Italy, her marriage to Rajiv Gandhi, and major events affecting the Gandhi family and the Congress party.
Why it matters
The launch marks the senior Congress figure's first use of Instagram, expanding her outreach ahead of a high-profile memoir release.
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