The son and daughter of the late Pranab Mukherjee disagree with each other about their memoirs ‘The Presidential Years’, one saying it should not be published without their consent and the other “asking” his brother not to create “unnecessary obstacles” in the publication. from his latest book.
The book, which made headlines recently because of Pranab Mukherjee’s critical comments on Congress, including his observation that the party lost political focus after his rise as president, will be released in January 2021 by Rupa, who published the two volumes. previous. of his memories.
The late president’s son, Abhijit Mukherjee, a former congressional deputy, said on Twitter that he has written to publishers asking them not to publish the book until he gives his okay. His sister Sharmistha Mukherjee, the party’s national spokesperson, responded by saying that no one should try to stop him for “cheap publicity” and that doing so would be a great disservice to the late leader.
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I, the Son of the author of the Memory “The Presidential Memories” ask you to kindly stop the publication of the memory, as well as motivated excerpts that are already floating on certain media platforms without my written consent.– Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) December 15, 2020
“I, the son of the author of the memoirs ‘The Presidential Memoirs’, ask you to stop publishing the memoirs, as well as the motivated excerpts that are already floating on certain media platforms without my written consent,” said Abhijit Mukherjee on Twitter . “Since my father no longer exists, being me his son, I want to review the content of the final copy of the book before its publication, as I believe, if my father had been alive today, he would have done the same too.
Being the son, he said he asked publishers to stop publishing immediately. “I have already sent you a detailed letter in this regard which will reach you soon. Greetings, Abhijit Mukherjee,” the tweet read.
His sister responded, also on Twitter. “I, the daughter of the author of the memoirs ‘The Presidential Years’, ask my brother Abhijit Mukherjee not to create unnecessary obstacles in the publication of the last book written by our father. He completed the manuscript before he got sick.”
I, daughter of the author of the memoirs ‘The presidential years’, ask my brother @ABHIJIT_LS so as not to create unnecessary obstacles in the publication of the last book written by our father. Completed manuscript before getting sick 1/3
– Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) December 15, 2020
The final draft, he said, contains his father’s handwritten notes and comments that have been strictly adhered to. Affirming that the opinions expressed by him are his and that no one should try to prevent it from being published for cheap publicity, he said: “That would be the greatest detriment to our deceased father.”
“By the way brother, the title of the book is ‘The Presidential Years’, not ‘The Presidential Memoirs,'” he said. Abhijit Mukherjee corrected the book’s title in another tweet after her sister pointed out the mistake.
The long-time former president and leader of Congress died on August 31 at the age of 84, following complications from COVID-19. His comments on Congress come at a time of intense internal turmoil in the party. Congressional top problem solver over the decades wrote that the party lost political focus after his rise as president and some party members believed that the 2014 Lok Sabha poll debacle could have been avoided had it been became prime minister in 2004.
“While I do not subscribe to this view, I believe that the party leadership lost political focus after my promotion as president. While Sonia Gandhi was unable to handle party affairs, Dr. (Manmohan) Singh’s long absence from the Chamber to end any personal contact with other MPs, “Pranab Mukherjee is quoted as saying in his book, PTI reported.
According to the excerpts published by Rupa, the late leader also said that he believes that the moral authority to govern rests with the Prime Minister and the general state of the nation reflects the functioning of the Prime Minister and his administration.
“While Dr. Singh was concerned with saving the coalition, which affected governance, (Narendra) Modi seemed to have employed a rather autocratic style of government during his first term, as seen in the bitter relationship between the government. , the legislature and the judiciary, “he said.
“Only time will tell if there is a better understanding of these issues in the second term of this government,” Mukherjee said in the excerpts.
Mukherjee was the thirteenth president of India after spending five decades in politics. ‘The Presidential Years’, which follows ‘The Turbulent Years’ and ‘The Coalition Years’, offers a rare glimpse of Pranab Mukherjee’s fascinating journey from a remote Bengal town to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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