President Pranab Mukherjee what have written in
his new book ‘The Turbulent Years 1980-1996’ about Sanjay Gandhi, it may create
new dispute. Pranab Mukherjee not only strongly appreciated Sanjay Gandhi in
his book, but also reckoned his controversial family planning as a splendid work.
President told the demolition of Babri Masjid was a
most ashamed incident and has written that it was such incident which tarnished
the image as tolerant and harmony of India. He wrote that the demolition of
Babri Masjid was a big debacle of Narasimha Rao government.
Pranab Mukherjee before being elected president
has passed his long tenure in politics. He is one of the countable leaders who
had been the union minister till 22 years and took over charge as foreign
minister, defense minister and finance minister. As the vice president Hamid
Ansari was launching the book ‘The Turbulent Years 1980-1996’, all the eyes
pinned on it how many secret have Pranab disclosed in his book; while he said
that he was not much liberal on this issue.
Pranab Mukherjee
began his book since June 23, 1980 when Sanjay Gandhi had
died in a helicopter crash. Pranab Mukherjee wrote Sanjay Gandhi’s appreciation
in detail. Sanjay Gandhi was impersonated as a villain and the venom against
him was spit, but Sanjay was a fine thinker, talkative and fearless leader. He
had planned 5 point agenda in the favour of society which had the family
planning.
Pranab Mukherjee has
written that Babri Masjid was a big failure of the former Prime Minister
Narasimha Rao who could not saved it. After the demolition of Babri Masjid,
introducing of his meeting with Narasimha Rao, Pranab wrote, “I chide him in
anger; and asked about one who could advise him rightly there. I further asked,
‘you don’t understand about the danger of this incident.’ At least now you
should take a strong step to console the Muslims sentiments. Narasimha Rao in
his familiar attitude was hearing silently every words, but his face reading
was showing that he was saddened and was in fiasco.” Pranab Mukherjee ratified that it was his blunder to form a separate
party after he was expelled from congress in 1986.
Pranab strongly ruled
out that he was seeking to be the prime minister after the killing of Indira
Gandhi. Pranab writes referring an interview of Rajeev Gandhi to the Editor
India Today that Rajeev had accepted in this interview to Arun Puri before his
murder that he was misinformed about him.
