Guwahati: Penguin Random House India (PRHI) has withdrawn from publishing Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s forthcoming memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love in India following a disagreement over proposed editorial changes to the manuscript.

Sources said PRHI had sought certain “editorial changes and deletions” in a part of the manuscript, which were turned down by Gandhi.

With PRHI out of the project, several Indian publishers are reportedly in the fray. HarperCollins India is said to be close to finalising an agreement to publish and distribute the memoir in India.

The memoir is scheduled for release on November 10. Its publication was first announced by US-based Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House, which said the first print run would be 100,000 copies.

The development is not expected to affect the book’s international publication.

Gandhi has previously authored and edited books, but the memoir is being described by those who worked on it as her most personal account of her life.

Knopf has described the book as a memoir about Gandhi’s experiences of love, family and India.

In a statement released with the announcement of the book, Gandhi said: “Much has been written about my family, but few narratives were able to reach into the truth of their motivations, their actions and even their human failings… My story also offers readers a unique perspective of the social and political changes I have witnessed for six decades.”

The development comes months after PRHI faced controversy over former Army chief General M M Naravane’s memoir Four Stars of Destiny.

Earlier this year, PRHI said it had “not printed” the memoir, after a hard copy of the book was displayed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Parliament. Excerpts from the memoir, including Naravane’s account of the Galwan clashes and the Agnipath scheme, had appeared in the media.

In June, PRHI also withdrew from publishing acclaimed graphic novelist Joe Sacco’s book The Once and Future Riot on the Muzaffarnagar riots. PRHI CEO Gaurav Shrinagesh had then said the publisher had raised “content issues” during legal scrutiny, including concerns over a map showing inaccurate boundaries of India.