At the book launch of veteran journalist Neerja Chowdhury's book 'How Prime Ministers Decide', senior politicians Sharad Pawar, Shashi Tharoor, Dinesh Trivedi and Prithviraj Chavan discuss what goes on inside the power corridors of top leadership.
바카라Personally, I was there, then Home Secretary Madhav Godbole and then Home Minister Shankarrao Chavan were there -- all three of us suggested that don바카라t depend on the BJP leadership; anything can happen,바카라 said Sharad Pawar, the veteran politician who served as the Defence Minister during the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya in 1992. The Nationalist Congress Party chief hinted that the missed warning could possibly have changed the course of history that followed.
The NCP chief was speaking at a panel discussion in Delhi바카라s Teen Murti Bhawan after launching award-winning senior journalist Neerja Chowdhury바카라s new book titled 바카라How Prime Ministers Decide바카라, published by Aleph Book Company.
"There was a group of ministers. I was one of the members... It was suggested that the Prime Minister should call a meeting of senior leaders of the respective parties. In that meeting, Vijaya Raje Scindia suggested that nothing would happen to the Babri Masjid. (She said) 바카라we will take all precautions and Prime Minister should not take extreme steps바카라바카라 Vijaya Raje바카라s suggestion (on Babri Masjid) was accepted by Narasimha Rao바카라 the Prime Minister preferred to listen to these (BJP) leaders and we know exactly what ultimately happened," Pawar said when asked about his opinion on PV Narasimha Rao바카라s decision, or rather his non-decision, that eventually led to the culmination of the Ram Janmbhoomi movement.
The evening was politically charged as a panel of Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Prithviraj Chavan, and BJP leader Dinesh Trivedi participated in a discussion before an audience full of parliamentarians, academicians, journalists and author Neerja Chowdhury바카라s 바카라sources바카라 who gave her the riveting details and information that helped her craft the pages of the unputdownable book. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan was the chief guest at the event.
The discussion was moderated by senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai who said that Neerja Chowdhury바카라s book has 바카라brought together the entire power corridors to life바카라 by reflecting on the 바카라little people as well as the big people바카라 who take decisions around the prime ministers.
Dinesh Trivedi recalled the time when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister, and the role of Arun Nehru, who was one of Gandhi바카라s key advisors, calling it 바카라one of the best periods바카라. 바카라India was modernising바카라If that period continued, things would have been very different.바카라
바카라Not many people know that Rajiv and Arun met at my residence,바카라 he revealed.
Prithviraj Chavan, who served as a Union minister in the UPA government, when asked by Sardesai if he still thought a coalition government is better than a single-party government, said that in the case of the UPA government, although there were difficulties in bringing consensus among the major allies in a coalition, once the consensus was reached, the decisions become very easy to implement. He noted that one of the key decisions that was taken during the Manmohan Singh government was the nuclear deal.
He, however, admitted to the errors made in handling the Anna Hazare movement, that caused the downfall of the Congress-led alliance. "What caused that downfall of the Manmohan Singh government in 2014 was what happened immediately before that. 2G scam, Commonwealth Games... We couldn바카라t handle Anna Hazare rightly and that's what spelt the end to the Congress government," the ex-Maharashtra CM said.
바카라Mr Modi happened to be at the right place at the right time and he took advantage of the situation,바카라 Chavan highlighted.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor made a poignant remark about Singh바카라s governance, saying that it is not entirely a fair impression to call him a weak prime minister. 바카라He was weak on coalition matters because he had no choice. A coalition is something which Mr Modi has not had to contend with. If the situation changes after 2024, you might see a different Mr Modi,바카라
He also spoke on the vulnerabilities of prime ministers, some of which are explored in Chowdhury바카라s book. Tharoor said, 바카라Every prime minister has their own set of vulnerabilities바카라 perhaps with Mr Modi, we have not seen all the vulnerabilities yet.바카라
바카라How Prime Ministers Decide바카라 traces the operating styles and analyses the key decisions of six Indian prime ministers, starting with Indira Gandhi that significantly impacted the narrative of Indian politics. Former PM Indira Gandhi's return to power in 1980 following her defeat post the Emergency, Rajiv Gandhi's decision in the Shah Bano case, VP Singh and Mandal Commission Report, Narasimha Rao's role during the Babri Masjid outrage, along with the governments under Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh are discussed in the book.
She stops at the second run of the UPA government, carefully avoiding the current government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, what she calls a 바카라work in progress바카라 that may be explored in the future.