“Congress Should Also Consider Beyond Rahul Gandhi and the Gandhi Family,” Says Sharmistha Mukherjee – “कांग्रेस को राहुल गांधी और गांधी परिवार से बाहर भी सोचना चाहिए,” जयपुर लिटरेचर फेस्टिवल में NDTV से शर्मिष्ठा मुखर्जी

The criticism of Rahul Gandhi is not the criticism of the Congress. My book mentions my father’s good relationships with Indira Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Sonia Gandhi.

Aren’t they all part of the Congress? He used to ask Indira Gandhi before wearing clothes.

He also mentioned that he was troubled by the state of the Congress in his final days. I am a Congressman too and I am also troubled by the current situation.

This is not just my feeling, but the feeling of every Congress leader. I have retired from politics.

I have no intention of being part of any political party, but I am a hardcore supporter of the Congress. He said, “My father believed that whatever he is, is largely due to Indira Gandhi.

He had a great relationship with Indira Gandhi, she was beyond politics. Indira Gandhi also asked him to keep an English teacher, because she believed that Pranab Mukherjee’s English pronunciation was poor.

They even asked her what clothes to wear. My father was a blind follower of Indira Gandhi.”

Sharmistha Mukherjee said if my father were… he would be quite upset with the current state of Congress. This is not just his feeling but the feeling of every Congress leader.

I am also a hardcore supporter of Congress. I am also troubled by the current situation.

But then he explained that dialogue is very important in democracy. He had relationships in every party.

He used the RSS platform to express his ideology. He talked about Nehru’s thoughts.

He talked about secularism. He said Pranab wanted to become Prime Minister but could not.

They felt it was difficult. So when the opportunity came to become President, he definitely wanted to.

Sharmistha Mukherjee said that in the early days, there was not a sweet relationship between Rajiv Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee because there were non-political people around Rajiv Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee wanted to stay away from such people. But he had a good relationship with Manmohan.

Manmohan Singh always treated Pranab Mukherjee well. Despite becoming Prime Minister, he called Pranab Mukherjee Sir many times.

Then Pranab Mukherjee stopped him, both respected each other greatly.