NEW DELHI: the late President and the unconditional Pranab of Congress Mukherjee blamed Congress failure acknowledge that the end of “charismatic leadership” was the reason for his failure in the 2014 elections, even when he said he had been hurt to see the sorry fate of his former party.
In his memoirs “The Presidential Years, 2012-2017,” published on Tuesday after his recent death, Mukerjee said he was relieved by the decisive mandate in the 2014 elections, but “disappointed in the performance of my previous party.”
“It was hard to believe that Congress had managed to win just 44 seats. Congress is a national institution interconnected with the lives of the people. His future is always a concern of every thinking individual, ”he wrote.
Speaking of the defeat of Congress, he observed: “I feel that the party did not recognize the end of its charismatic leadership. High leaders like Pandit Nehru it ensured that India, unlike Pakistan, survived and became a strong and stable nation. Sadly, these extraordinary leaders are no longer there, reducing the establishment to a government of averages “.
Although he expressed satisfaction with his time as President, he pointed out that he had very cordial relations with Prime Minister Modi and, although there were differences, they knew how to manage them. Mukherjee said the 2014-19 Modi government failed to fulfill its primary responsibility to ensure the smooth running of Parliament and blamed the prime minister for it.
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