Former President Pranab Mukherjee died in August.
New Delhi:
Pranab Mukherjee’s latest book, commented on as a revealing memoir by its publisher, has sparked a public fight between his son Abhijit Mukherjee and his daughter Sharmishtha Mukherjee, both leaders of Congress. First,
Abhijit Mukherjee tweeted that he wanted to examine the memoirs and asked the publishers to stop the book before his written consent. Shortly afterwards, Sharmistha Mukherjee berated her brother for seeking “cheap advertising” and forbade him to create “unnecessary obstacles” in publishing his father’s book.
Abhijit Mukherjee’s surprising request came days after the publication of excerpts in which the former president blamed Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh for the removal of Congress from power.
In today’s tweets, Abhijit Mukherjee, a former congressional deputy, said that “motivated excerpts” were circulating on “certain media platforms” without his consent.
“I, the son of the author of the memoirs ‘The Presidential Memoirs’ request that you stop the publication of the memoirs, as well as motivated excerpts that are already floating on certain media platforms without my written consent,” Mukherjee posted.
“As 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,” he wrote. .
“Therefore, being his son I ask you to stop publishing immediately without my written consent until I review its content! I have already sent you a detailed letter about it that will reach you soon!”
@kapish_mehra@Rupa_Libros
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
3/3, Therefore, being your child I request that you immediately stop its publication without my written consent until I review its content. I have already sent you a detailed letter about it which will arrive soon!
Greetings, Abhijit Mukherjee.#pranabmukherjee– Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) December 15, 2020
His sister Sharmistha then responded, calling him out for the title error in his post as well.
“I, the daughter of the author of the memoirs ‘The Presidential Years’, ask my brother @ABHIJIT_LS not to create unnecessary obstacles in the publication of the last book written by our father. He completed the manuscript before he fell ill,” wrote Sharmistha. Mukherjee.
“The final draft contains my parents’ handwritten notes and comments that have been strictly adhered to. The opinions expressed by him are his and no one should try to prevent it from being published for cheap publicity. That would be the greatest detriment to our father. deceased, “he said.
His farewell photo: “By the way brother, the title of the book is ‘The Presidential Years’, not ‘The Presidential Memories'”.
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
By the way brother, the title of the book is ‘The Presidential Years’, not ‘The Presidential Memories’. 3/3
– Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) December 15, 2020
In the final volume of “The Presidential Years”, Pranab Mukherjee, who died in August, writes that “some members of Congress” believed that if he had become prime minister in 2004 instead of Manmohan Singh, the party would not have lost the power.
“Some members of Congress have theorized that if I had become prime minister in 2004, the party might have avoided the beating of Lok Sabha in 2014. Although I do not subscribe to this view, I believe that the party leadership lost its political focus my way. elevation as president. While Sonia Gandhi was unable to handle party affairs, Dr. (Manmohan) Singh’s prolonged absence from the House put an end to any personal contact with other MPs, “writes Dr. Mukherjee, according to excerpts published by Rupa editors.
Mukherjee also compares the two prime ministers he worked with: Manmohan Singh and his successor Narendra Modi.
“I believe that the moral authority to rule rests with the prime minister. 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, Modi appeared 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. Only time will tell if there will be a better understanding of these issues in the second term. government, “he writes, according to excerpts.
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