Rajiv Gandhi’s simplicity was his strength — and his failing
Hindustan TimesRajiv Gandhi was born three years before India attained Independence. The complicity or the incompetence of the government in those initial days of Rajiv Gandhi’s premiership would remains a dark chapter in the party’s history. Mani Shankar Aiyar, the diplomat-turned-politician who worked closely with Rajiv Gandhi in his prime minister’s office and then as a party colleague, is currently working on his autobiography, nearly 200 pages of which are on the former PM. The Shah Bano controversy Arif Mohammad Khan was in Rajiv Gandhi’s council of minister till they parted ways on the Shah Bano issue. Looking back, Khan attributed Gandhi’s volte-face to the advice he received from senior cabinet colleagues, especially PV Narasimha Rao, ND Tiwari, Arjun Singh and SB Chavan.
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