If Pranab had been made Prime Minister in 2012 then… Mani Shankar Aiyar’s shocking claim

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has said in his/her new book that when the post of President became vacant in 2012, Pranab Mukherjee should have been handed over the reins of the UPA-2 government. At that time Manmohan Singh should have been made the President. 83-year-old Iyer wrote in his/her book that if this had been done at that time, the situation of ‘Paralysis of Governance’ would not have arisen in the UPA government. In the book he/she also claimed that I Narendra Modi Was never called ‘chaiwala’.

Shocking revelations in Mani Shankar Iyer’s book

Mani Shankar Aiyar said that the decision to retain Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister and send Pranab Mukherjee to Rashtrapati Bhavan ruined the UPA’s chances of forming the government for the third time. Iyer has expressed these views in his/her book ‘A Maverick in Politics’. This book has been published by ‘Juggernaut’. In the book, Aiyar talks about his/her early days in politics, the reign of former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, his/her stint as a minister in UPA-1, his/her tenure in the Rajya Sabha and then his/her ‘decline…falling out of the scene…fall’ ‘ has been mentioned.

Mention of Manmohan-Sonia Gandhi’s health

Iyer wrote, ‘In 2012, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to undergo coronary bypass surgery several times. he/she never fully recovered physically. Due to this, the pace of their work slowed down and it also affected the governance. When the Prime Minister’s health deteriorated, around the same time the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi also fell ill but the party did not make any official announcement about her health.

‘Pranab should have been made PM, Manmohan should have been made President in 2012’

Aiyar said it soon became clear that there was stagnation in both the offices – that of the prime minister and the party president. There was a lack of governance while many crises, especially Anna Hazare’s ‘India Against Corruption’ movement, were not dealt with effectively. he/she wrote that personally I believe that when the post of President became vacant in 2012, Pranab Mukherjee should have been handed over the reins of the government and Dr. Manmohan Singh should have been made the President of India.

Everything is mentioned in Iyer’s book

Iyer further said that Pranab’s memoirs show that this was indeed considered. For some reasons that neither I nor possibly anyone else was aware of. It was decided to retain Dr. Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister and elevate Pranab Mukherjee as President.

…then Congress would not have suffered a bad defeat in 2014 – Iyer

Regarding his/her idea of ​​making Pranab Mukherjee the Prime Minister in 2012, Aiyar said that I think if Dr. Manmohan Singh had become the President and Pranab the Prime Minister, we would still have faced defeat in 2014 but this defeat would not have been so humiliating. Had we been limited to only 44 seats. he/she said that in 2013 everyone was recovering from the illness and hence many allegations were made against us which were never proved in the court.

I never called Modi a chaiwala – Mani Shankar Aiyar

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said that I never called Narendra Modi ‘chaiwala’. Aiyar has mentioned the controversy arising out of his/her comments before the 2014 general elections in his/her book ‘A Maverick in Politics’. he/she has said in the book that BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate in 2014, Modi, was being promoted as the clear winner in the upcoming general elections. I was horrified that a man whose image was tainted by the 2002 massacre of Muslims in Gujarat could aspire to lead the India of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

What Iyer had said in the statement was mentioned in the book.

Aiyar said that this is why in an interview during the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Plenary Session in January 2014, he/she emphasized that it was outrageous that a person who did not know that Alexander had never visited Pataliputra Or Taxila was in Pakistan. he/she is trying to occupy the position which Jawaharlal Nehru once held.

You yourself told what you said about Modi

Iyer said that I had said that ‘the people of India will never accept this.’ Then I jokingly said that if Modi wants to serve tea even after losing the election, we can make some arrangements for him/her. Iyer wrote in his/her book that since then till now it is being said that I had said that Modi could not become Prime Minister because he/she was a ‘chaiwala’. I never called Modi a ‘chaiwala’ nor did I say that because he/she was a chaiwala, he/she would never be able to become Prime Minister.

Know what Iyer said on ‘Neech’ comment

Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote that in reality it was Modi himself who called himself ‘chaiwala’. The Congress leader said that the video of my statement is still available on YouTube, which anyone can watch. In the book, Iyer also mentioned other controversies associated with him/her, including the ‘vile’ comment controversy. Aiyar claimed that Modi had distorted his/her comments. The Congress leader claimed that it was completely false that he/she had called Modi a low caste person.