Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Pranab Mukherjee had reasons to be aggrieved if he believed that he was better qualified to be the prime minister. He made the statement at the launch of the former President’s memoirs, The Coalition Years, on Saturday, reports the Hindu. Manmohan described Pranab as one of the greatest living Congressmen and parliamentarians, and recalled their association in the Finance Ministry since the early 1970s. He had every reason to feel a grievance that he was better qualified than I was to become the prime minister. In the book, Pranab wrote he was furious over the arrest of Jayendra Saraswati, the Sankaracharya of Kanchi in November 2004.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 15, 2017 10:07 UTC