NEW DELHI: The late Pranab Mukherjee’s son and daughter are at loggerheads with each other over his memoir “The Presidential Years”, one saying it should not be published without his consent and the other “requesting” her brother to not create “unnecessary hurdles” in the publication of his last book.
The book, which was in the news recently for Pranab Mukherjee’s critical comments on the Congress, including his observation that the party lost political focus after his elevation as president, is set to be launched next month by Rupa, which published the two earlier volumes of his memoirs.
The late president’s son Abhijit Mukherjee, a former Congress MP, said on Twitter that he has written to the publishers asking them not to publish the book until he gives his nod. His sister Sharmistha Mukherjee, national spokesperson of the party, shot back saying no one should try and stop it for “cheap publicity” and doing so would be great disservice to the late leader.
“I, the Son of the author of the Memoir ‘The Presidential Memoirs’ request you to kindly stop the publication of the memoir as well as motivated excerpts which is already floating in certain media platforms without my written consent,” Abhijit Mukherjee said on Twitter. (AGENCIES)
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