Maneka waxay ku dhalatay Delhi qoys Sikh ah. Aabaheed wuxuu ahaa sarkaal ka tirsan ciidanka Hindiya Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand hooyadeedna waxay ahayd Amteshwar Anand. Waxay tagtay Lawrence School ka dibna Lady Shri Ram College for Women. Kadib waxay Jarmalka ka baratay Jaamacadda Jawaharlal Nehru, New Delhi. Waxay markii ugu horreysay kula kulantay Sanjay Gandhi xaflad cocktail ah oo uu dhigay adeerkii Maneka Major-General Kapur si loogu dabaaldego arooska soo socda ee wiilkiisa Veenu Kapur sanadkii 1973. Maneka ugu dambeyntii waxay guursatay Sanjay, oo ah wiilka Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Indira Gandhi hal sano ka dib 23kii Sebtember 1974. Xaaladda degdegga ah waxay aragtay Sanjay oo siyaasadda u soo galay, Maneka waxaa la arkay isaga ku dhawaad markasta oo ay aabbaheed ka caawineyso ololeyaasha. Waxaa la sheegay in intii lagu jiray xaaladda degdegga ah, Sanjay Gandhi uu si buuxda u xakameeyay dowladdii hooyadiis, waxaana maamulayay Ra
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