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Amid the row over the release of Sonia Gandhi's memoir, lawyers from Penguin Random House India (PRHI) said they had made several changes and deletions in the upcoming book.

Belonging: A Journey of Love is scheduled to hit shelves at the end of the year. (Rahulgandhi/X)A controversy has broken out over the Indian publication of 'Belonging: A Journey of Love," which details Gandhi's life, and is scheduled to be released worldwide on November 10.

The book will be published by Alfred A Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House, while PRHI was responsible for the Indian distribution.

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Lawyers said the key passages objected to were the references made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the role of the RSS in the Indian political landscape, communal divide and the plight of minorities.

"We feel it is important for us to correct certain misrepresentations regarding the forthcoming memoir 'Belonging'. This is a book that we at Penguin Random House India, were really keen on publishing as it was a hard-won acquisition," spokesperson Pallavi Narayan told news agency PTI.

"On some, they agreed to changes and on others, we accepted the author's position. Unfortunately, and ultimately, an understanding could not be reached on a particular issue," the statement said, adding that the manuscript went through the "normal editorial process."

"Since we are bound by an agreement, and author confidentiality is paramount to us, we will not divulge details of what led to the impasse," the publisher added.