On The Record

17: How Sonia Gandhi stopped Dr Singh from resigning

Episode Summary

In the latest episode of On The Record, Hindustan Times’ Sunetra Choudhury speaks to ex-deputy chairman of the now-defunct Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia. In his new book “Backstage: The Story behind India’s High Growth Years”, Ahluwalia reveals that after the Rahul Gandhi ordinance-trashing episode of 2013, the then prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh asked him whether he should resign.

Episode Notes

In the latest episode of On The Record, Hindustan Times’ Sunetra Choudhury speaks to ex-deputy chairman of the now-defunct Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia. In his new book “Backstage: The Story behind India’s High Growth Years”, Ahluwalia reveals that after the Rahul Gandhi ordinance-trashing episode of 2013, the then prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh asked him whether he should resign.