THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER

WHEN THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER WAS PUBLISHED IN 2014 IT CREATED A STORM AND BECAME THE PUBLISHING SENSATION OF THE YEAR. THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE CALLED THE BOOK A WORK OF ‘FICTION’ THE PRESS HAILED IT AS A REVELATORY ACCOUNT OF PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH’S FIRST TERM IN UPA. WRITTEN BY SINGH’S MEDIA ADVISER AND TRUSTED AIDE THE BOOK DESCRIBES SINGH’S OFTEN TROUBLED RELATIONS WITH HIS MINISTERS HIS CAUTIOUS EQUATION WITH SONIA GANDHI AND HOW HE HANDLED THE BIG CRISES FROM MANAGING THE LEFT TO PUSHING THROUGH THE NUCLEAR DEAL. INSIGHTFUL ACUTE AND PACKED WITH POLITICAL GOSSIP THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER IS ONE OF THE GREAT INSIDER ACCOUNTS OF INDIAN POLITICAL LIFE.