New Delhi. Mani Shankar Aiyer’s book ‘A Maverick in Politics’, written by former bureaucrat and Union Minister and close to the Nehru-Gandhi family, is about to come. This book by Mani Shankar Iyer has been published by Juggernaut. Before the release of his book A Maverick in Politics, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar talked about this book in an interview with news agency PTI. Mani Shankar Aiyar said that he has neither met Sonia Gandhi nor Rahul Gandhi for the last 10 years. During this period he has met Rahul Gandhi only once. Mani Shankar Aiyar told that he talks only to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on phone.
Surprising disclosure from a long-time #Congress loyalist!
“My career was made and unmade by the Gandhis”: Mani Shankar Aiyar
Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar admits he rarely got one-on-one meetings with Sonia or Rahul Gandhi in the past decade, calling it “the irony… pic.twitter.com/8vOG7VgvpL
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Mani Shankar Aiyar will tell about what he has written in his book, but on the basis of his interview, BJP has strongly targeted the Congress leadership. Listen to what BJP leader Nalin Kohli said.
VIDEO | “Mani Shankar Aiyar is a very senior political person and a Congress leader who has been in Parliament for several decades… His comments are rather revealing. They confirm that in the Congress party, there is no focus on the hardwork and loyalty of any worker of the… pic.twitter.com/mJQGFxtjMW
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 15, 2024
In his book A Maverick in Politics, Mani Shankar Aiyar has mentioned his political career, ministerial position in Narasimha Rao’s government, the first UPA government, etc. However, his focus in the book is on the fall of the second UPA government. Mani Shankar Aiyar said while talking to the news agency that Congress’s decline from 404 seats in 1984 to 44 seats in 2014 was sad and disappointing. Mani Shankar Aiyar says that if Pranab Mukherjee had been made the PM candidate in 2013, then perhaps Congress’s defeat in 2014 would not have been so shameful. Mani Shankar Aiyar said that there were many allegations of corruption against the UPA government. These were not responded to properly by the government and the Congress and due to this the opposition damaged the trust of the government.
According to Mani Shankar Aiyar, Manmohan Singh had to undergo bypass surgery several times and he could never recover completely. Mani Shankar Aiyar has written in the book that this had an impact on governance. According to the Congress leader, when PM Manmohan Singh fell ill, Congress President Sonia Gandhi also fell ill. Congress did not even make any official announcement about Sonia’s health. According to Mani Shankar Aiyar, the pace slowed down and there was lack of governance in the PMO and Congress President’s office. He has written in the book that many crises occurred. Especially the government and the Congress party did not face Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement properly.
