In Book, Pranab Mukherjee Blames Sonia Gandhi, Dr Singh For 2014 Debacle

At a time the Congress confronts unrelenting in-house criticism of its top leadership after multiple election defeats, the final volume of Pranab Mukherjee's memoirs, out soon, may deliver more home truths. The former President, who died in August, appears to blame former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the party's 2014 defeat. He also writes that "some members of the Congress" believed had he been Prime Minister, the party would not have lost power.