Mani Shankar Aiyar On Gandhi Family: Congress chief and former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar lately spoke brazenly about his political profession and his place within the Congress Party in an interview. He claimed that the Gandhi family not solely made his profession but in addition later marginalized him. Aiyar stated, “The irony of my life is that my political career was built by the Gandhi family and ruined by the Gandhi family itself.”
In an interview with information company PTI, Iyer claimed that he was not allowed to have direct contact with distinguished members of the Gandhi family for a few years. He stated, “For 10 years I was not allowed to meet Sonia Gandhi face to face. I was never given a chance to meet Rahul Gandhi except once. I have met Priyanka only once or twice.”
Distance from Gandhi family
He stated that Priyanka Gandhi has known as him sometimes, attributable to which contact has been maintained to some extent. Recalling an incident, Iyer stated he needed to rely on Wayanad MP Priyanka to want Rahul Gandhi on his birthday when he was suspended from the celebration. He informed that I met Priyanka Gandhi and she has all the time been very type to me.
Wrote a letter to Rahul Gandhi
The former Union Minister stated, “I thought that since Rahul’s birthday was in June, I could ask him to convey my good wishes to Rahul.” Aiyar informed that when Priyanka Gandhi requested why he was not speaking to Rahul Gandhi himself, he replied, “I am suspended and hence I cannot talk to my leader,” Senior chief Aiyar stated that he Wrote a letter to Rahul Gandhi – a gesture that started with birthday greetings but in addition sought a reply on his suspension, however “never received any acknowledgment for that letter”.
Leadership disaster of 2012
Aiyar described 2012 as a time of “double disaster” for the Congress. He stated “You see, in 2012 we had two disasters, one was that Sonia Gandhi fell very in poor health and Dr. Manmohan Singh needed to endure six bypass surgical procedures, so, we as the pinnacle of the federal government and the pinnacle of the celebration have been crippled. But there was one one that was nonetheless stuffed with power, stuffed with concepts, had a specific amount of charisma, and might run the celebration or the federal government or each. That was Pranab Mukherjee.
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