But Indira's close aid and veteran Congress leader ML Fotedar has a different story to tell ,he believed, the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in her last days, too wished her grand daughter Priyanka Gandhi should carry forward her political legacy. 'Indira wanted Priyanka to be her heir'. In his book,Fotedar has claimed that Indira Gandhi was convinced that Priyanka had all the elements of a great leader in the future and even she saw her reflection in the young girl.