"If Pranab Mukherjee Were PM...": Mani Shankar Aiyar On Congress' 2014 Rout
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Speaking about the Congress's worst Lok Sabha polls performance in 2014 Mani Shankar Aiyar said a major factor behind the Congress's dismal show was "no governance" in 2013.
The result of the 2014 general election, which saw the BJP storm into power, would have been different and the Congress would not have suffered a humiliating defeat if Pranab Mukherjee was made Prime Minister and Dr Manmohan Singh the President during the UPA-II government, veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has said. EXCLUSIVE | VIDEO: “You see, in 2012, we had two disasters taking place: one was that Sonia Gandhi fell very ill, and Dr Manmohan Singh had six bypasses. So, we were crippled at the head of the government and at the head of the party. But there was one man who was still full of… pic.twitter.com/YVokYR3dDJ
The former Union Minister spoke to news agency PTI about his new book, A Maverick In Politics, in which he has chronicled his political journey and also narrated developments of national importance that he witnessed during that journey.
Speaking about the Congress's worst Lok Sabha polls performance in 2014 -- it won just 44 seats --, Mr Aiyar said that a major factor behind the Congress's dismal show was "no governance" in 2013.
